Tzatziki (can be spelled as tzadziki or tsatsiki) is yogurt and cucumber cold sauce of Greek cuisine.

It can be served separately as a dip or with meat entrees as a sauce. It is perfect addition for the gyros or souvlaki.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cucumber (if cucumber is big take ½ of it)
  • 14oz of Greek yogurt
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon of white grape vinegar
  • 4 tablespoon of olive oil
  • Fresh dill
  • Salt, white pepper

How to make, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: wash dill with cold water, pour yogurt into a bowl:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 1
  2. Skin cucumber (you may also remove seeds if they are too hard) and grate it on the middle slots of your grater, salt it over and leave for 10-15 minutes:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 2
  3. Separate cucumbers from water (you can use colander or hands for this) and add to the bowl with yogurt:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 3
  4. Skin garlic cloves and crush them with garlic press:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 4
  5. Add chopped finely dill and season everything with white pepper:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 5
  6. Add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 6
  7. Pour 4 tablespoon of olive oil:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 7
  8. Mix everything carefully and put the bowl to fridge for at least 2 hours:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 8
  9. After 2 hours in fridge tzatziki sauce is ready:
    Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 9
  10. You can serve it as a dip, part of meze or as a cold sauce for gyros, souvlaki or any other kind of meat:
    Tzatziki Sauce is Ready!

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  • Nicely done there. Using a coffee filter would be easier to filter liquid out of yoghurt.

  • This is, by far, the single best Tzatziki ever made. Hands down. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is in words. You MUST make it yourself.

    To whoever made this recipe: Thank you so much. For the longest time, I've searched for a tzatziki that would be full of rich textures and tones. This most definitely is it.

  • A coffee filter works well for draining extra liquid from yogurt or cucumbers.

  • Very nicely done. Exactly the way I make it except I'm crude and just use black pepper. This is an awesome companion to greek garlic/bread dip as my favorite dips/spreads/sauces.