Hemm tzatziki huwa l-famuż Greek yogurt-based sauce. An easy to prepare dish, perfect for the summer months, an ideal accompaniment for a fresh and tasty aperitif. The recipe of the Tzatziki sauce it is within everyone’s reach, you just need to find the best ingredients and follow our procedure.
In this article, thanks to a detailed photo gallery, we will show you, step by step, the Greek sauce recipe.
The ingredients for the tzatziki recipe
ingredients for tzatziki sauce
Here are the simple ingredients for making tzatziki sauce at home:
- Greek yogurt (500 g)
- 2 organic cucumbers (about 300 g)
- 2 imgħaref żejt extra verġni taż-żebbuġa
- 1 sinna tat-tewm
- dried mint to taste
- Melħ li t-togħma
How to make tzatziki sauce
While it is true that the basis of tzatziki is Greek yogurt, cucumbers are equally important. It is essential that they are organically grown cucumbers, as we are going to use them with the peel. After having washed and cut them at the ends, we open them in two lengthwise, so that we can remove the seeds (if any). The seed, in addition to being often indigestible, is too rich in water and can affect the final result of the tzatziki sauce recipe. It is therefore necessary to grate the cucumbers cleaned of seeds, using a classic manual grater. We have preferred to use the large meshes of the grater, so as to leave small pieces of cucumber of a certain consistency (there are those who like to cut them more finely). The next step is to pour the cucumbers into a colander placed over a bowl, so as to eliminate the vegetation water, and then place in the fridge for an hour.
Preparation of garlic
Once the time necessary to drain the water from the cucumbers has elapsed, let’s get to the heart of the tzatziki recipe, with the preparation oftewm. The garlic (deprived of its core) must be finely cut and then crushed with a knife, as if to create a sort of cream.
- cutting garlic
- tewm imfarrak
Adding the ingredients to the yogurt
It’s time to add all the ingredients to the Greek yogurt and complete the tzatziki sauce recipe. A note: it is better to use Greek yogurt, as it has a very creamy consistency, different from that of normal white yogurt.
Let’s start, then, by adding garlic, salt and then the extra virgin olive oil to the yogurt, then let’s mix it first.
We continue adding the cucumbers and making a second amalgamated.
Let’s close our tzatziki recipe by adding the mint dry and continuing to mix until a homogeneous cream is obtained.
Nutritional information of tzatziki sauce
For a third of 1/3 cup, the tzatziki sauce contains i following nutritional elements: Calories 80; Total fat 5 g; Saturated fat 0.5 g; Cholesterol 5 mg; Sodium 210 mg; Total carbohydrates 3g; Fiber 0 g; Total sugars 2 g; 6g protein; Vitamin D 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 0%; potassium 2%.
End of the recipe and combinations of tzatziki sauce
Before consuming our delicious tzatziki sauce, let it rest in the fridge for 2-3 hours. If it is not consumed on the same day, however, it is advisable to cover the plate with cling film and consume it at the latest within the following day.
Tzatziki goes perfectly with fish or meat dishes, such as typical Greek dishes souvlaki u Ġiroskopji. Finally, it can also be eaten as it is, accompanied by croutons or, if we want to keep the Greek tradition, with pitathat is Greek bread, cut into triangles.
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