Tzatziki, also known as tarator or cacık, is a dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeast Europe and the Middle East. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes with vinegar or lemon juice, and herbs such as dill, mint, parsley and thyme. It is served as a cold appetizer, a side dish, and as a sauce for souvlaki and gyros sandwiches and other foods.
Tarator
cold cucumber-yogurt dip, soup, or sauce
Characteristic of:
Bulgarian cuisine
Cypriot cuisine
Iranian cuisine
Iraqi cuisine
Levantine cuisine
Turkish cuisine
Contains:
Dairy
Application of:
Fermentation
Contains, including ancestors:
Dairy
Also known as:
Wikidata ID:
Q836538
References:
Dupes
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