Cacık

Name: Cacık
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 400 g plain yogurt; 2 cucumbers (about 400 g); 2 cloves garlic; ½ tsp salt; 100 ml cold water; 1 tsp dried mint; 2 tbsp dill, finely chopped; 1 tbsp olive oil

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Cucumber and garlic yogurt loosened with cold water and mint

4serves

15 minactive time

Goes with

Rakı

Cucumber and yogurt cool the mouth, which makes the next sip of rakı taste clean and bright.

Also good with beer.

Our chef's recipe, coming soon. This is the classic version, as it is made on most meyhane tables.

Ingredients

400 gplain yogurt
2cucumbers (about 400 g)
2 clovesgarlic
½ tspsalt
100 mlcold water
1 tspdried mint
2 tbspdill, finely chopped
1 tbspolive oil

Method

Peel the cucumbers in stripes and dice them finely or grate them coarsely.
Crush the garlic with the salt and beat it into the yogurt.
Stir in the cucumber, dill and half the mint, then add the cold water until loose but still creamy.
Serve chilled in a bowl, finished with the olive oil and the rest of the mint.