GreekFoodTv☼ Tzatziki - Greek Yogurt, Cucumber, Garlic Dip HD

Diane shows you this Greek meze classic, using Greek yogurt, olive oil, fresh herbs and cucumbers. Tzatziki is by far one of the best-known Greek recipes, a classic spread on every Greek restaurant menu across America and the world. It's also very healthy, with nothing but thick Greek yogurt, extra virgin olive oil, fresh cucumbers, dill, and a pinch of salt. Serve it on its own or with grilled chicken, lamb, or beef. Try your own souvlaki at home, too, with some tzatziki on the side. Serve pita bread with it!
Serves 6

1 long thin cucumber, peeled and seeded
2 cups/480 ml strained Greek yogurt, chilled
2 to 3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill
3 tbsp extra-virgin Greek olive oil
1 tbsp red wine vinegar (optional)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1. Grate the cucumber on the coarse side of a box grater. Drain really well in a fine-mesh sieve for 10 minutes, then, taking a handful at a time, squeeze out as much of the excess liquid as possible in the palms of your hands. Transfer to a medium mixing bowl.
2. Combine the yogurt with garlic. Add the drained, squeezed cucumber and the dill. Pour in the vinegar and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well. Serve immediately. It should be served cold.

Tzatziki is traditionally served as an appetizer and can be left on the table as an accompaniment to foods throughout the meal. The key to great tzatziki is the thick creamy texture that allows it to be eaten alone, as a dip, as a spread, and as a condiment.

Tzatziki is one of the classic sauces in Greek cuisine, and there are as many versions as there are cooks who make it.

Tzatziki, tzadziki, or tsatsiki (Greek: τζατζίκι) is a Greek meze or appetizer, also used as a sauce for souvlaki and gyros. Tzatziki is made of strained yoghurt (usually sheep's-milk or goat's-milk in Greece and Turkey) with cucumbers, garlic, salt, usually olive oil, pepper, dill, sometimes lemon juice and parsley, or mint added. The cucumbers are either pureed and strained, or seeded and finely diced. Olive oil, olives, and herbs are often used as garnishes.
In touristy restaurants, and outside Greece and Cyprus, Tzatziki is often served with bread (loaf or pita) as part of the first course of a meal. Greeks, Cypriots and those from all over the Middle East use this dish as a side dish to a meal with meat. The acidity cuts the fat, thus Tzatziki is also used as a sauce for souvlaki and gyros, in which case it may be called cucumber sauce (especially in the U.S.).

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[pitoufita]

oh my god! she forgot the vinegar. one or two teaspoons of vinegar too. it adds a delicious taste.

[GreekFoodTV]

@pitoufita I don't always put vinegar. Greek yogurt is sour enough. But vinegar is a common addition. D

[Animatorbluesky]

Thank you for this nice video. I love Greek food. Love from Turkey

[Sikerge]

yogurt is turkish.

[iSlash96]

@riper5704 i know, was i saying they were not? i was saying that greeks may have invented the democry thing, but didnt have it as much as the ottomans, where people actually did have humar rights.

[riper5704]

@iSlash96 byzantines where greeks :D and romans

[iSlash96]

@riper5704 yoghurt is turkish, it was made by turkic people, before they entered anatolia. alexander, democracy, ouzo maybe turkish, but tzatziki, baklava are turkish.

and, byzantines had democracy, but not as much as the ottomans.

[riper5704]

@iSlash96 and democracy man its not turkish its greek :D and neither Alexander the great is turkish he is macedonianand feta is greek i dont know about cheese and ouzo i think its a mix of turkish and greek tradition bcs mytilini or Lesbos where ouzo is produced is near turkey :P no hatred

[riper5704]

@iSlash96 we dont know if yoghurt is greek or turkish we dont care im a greek and i enjoy it also i enjoy kebab wich is turkish we have the same food with the turks bcs they were 400 years in greece so we traded stuff and recipes :D

[iSlash96]

@TheWheelofLife100 You're just saying what you want to believe

[TheWheelofLife100]

@iSlash96 ... Tzatziki is Greek,not Turkish,end of story!

[iSlash96]

@TheWheelofLife100 How can tzatziki be greek when yoghurt is a turkish invention, invented in central asia by turkic people, waaaaay before they came to anatolia. when we turks ate yoghurt products, greeks didnt even know what it was, its a fact, look it up on wikipedia or whatever. we dont need Zeus nor Alexander the great, we had Ottoman Bey, Fatih Sultan Mehmet and Ataturk. and i was talking about a yoghurt based foodkind, what had all these other things to do with tzatziki?

[TheWheelofLife100]

@iSlash96 ....Aha and so is Feta cheese,Kalamata olives,Ouzo,The acropolis, Alexander the great,Zeus,Democracy they are all TurkishPlease no more of these kind of jokes,there not funny any more and they never were to begin with.