Havuç Tarator

Name: Havuç Tarator
Prep time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 g carrots, coarsely grated; 3 tbsp olive oil; 300 g süzme (strained) yogurt; 2 cloves garlic; 30 g walnuts, chopped; 2 sprigs dill, chopped; ½ tsp salt

/ha·VOOCH ta·ra·TOR/

Grated carrot cooked in olive oil and folded into garlic yogurt

4serves

25 minactive time

Goes with

Rakı

The sweetness of slow-cooked carrot against sharp garlic yogurt is a classic counterweight to rakı.

Also good with beer.

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

Ingredients

500 gcarrots, coarsely grated
3 tbspolive oil
300 gsüzme (strained) yogurt
2 clovesgarlic
30 gwalnuts, chopped
2 sprigsdill, chopped
½ tspsalt

Method

Cook the carrots in the olive oil over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring, until soft and sweet. Cool completely.
Crush the garlic to a paste with the salt and beat it into the yogurt.
Fold in the carrots, walnuts and dill.
Shape into a mound on a plate and finish with a little olive oil.