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Tzatziki

Tzatziki is an ideal summer recipe: a cooling combination of Greek yoghurt, onion, garlic, cucumber and herbs. It is normally served as a side dish or condiment.

This is a Greek recipe, but similar dishes exist in other eastern and middle-eastern countries, under different names.

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Last modified on: September 8^th 2015

Keywords for this recipe:Greek Cucumber Yoghurt Herbs Starter Fresh

For 400 g, you will need:

1 1 onion
2 1 garlic clove
3 1 cucumber
4 100 g feta
5 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
6 2 tablespoons parsley
7 100 g Greek yoghurt
8 2 tablespoons olive oil
9 1 tablespoon lemon juice
10 salt
11 pepper
Total weight: 640 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
16 min.	16 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 1 onion and chop small.

Do the same with the garlic.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Peel 1 cucumber and cut into small dice.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Break up 100 g feta roughly with a fork.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Finely chop 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves and 2 tablespoons parsley.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Mix in a bowl the garlic, onion, feta and herbs.

Add 100 g Greek yoghurt, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Stage 6

Check the seasoning and your tzatziki is ready. You can serve it with fried croutons, vegetable sticks or radishes.

Remarks

The amounts given are for guidance and only approximate. Do feel free to adapt them to your taste, adding a little more or a little less.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
731 Kcal or 3,061 Kj	24 gr	24 gr	60 gr
37 %	9 %	2 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
114 Kcal or 477 Kj	4 gr	4 gr	9 gr
6 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 400 g : 8.05 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Greek yoghurt: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Home-made doner kebab, Light herb sauce, Norwegian tartines, Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Souda salad, Moussaka, Feta in olive oil with herbs, Greek salad, Spinach brik parcels, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lumberjack turnovers, Spaghetti with smoked salmon, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, Veal Marengo, Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways, ... All
	Fresh mint leaves: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot blancmange, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Strawberry-mint sorbet, Fresh mint ice-cream, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , ... All

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