Tzatziki

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Tzatziki

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Tzatziki is a Greek dip / spread type thing that is incredibly tasty and easy to make its also suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

All you need to make Tzatziki is:

Natural Greek Yougert (make sure its plain)
Cumber
1 Clove of Garlic
Mint
Oregarno


P.S Sorry for the bad image quality my phones the only camera I have at the moment :' (

Grating

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First you need to grate your cucumber, i used about half cucumber in in this batch.

Pressing

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One you have grated the cucumber it needs pressing to get rid of all the excese water in the cucumber. To do this i whacked it in a colinder and put some weight on it. Alternitavly you can squize it with you hands or find a much more elaborate and inventive!

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Chop up your clove of garlic !

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Mix the yougert and cucumber together.

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Then mix in your garlic and some herbs. Ive added a bit of mint and little bit of oergorno I used dried herbs but if you have access to fresh herbs it will taste even better !

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Mix it together and taa daa your Tzatziki is ready.