How to make Tzatziki

Tzatziki is a cucumber yogurt sauce which can also be served as an appetizer or dip. it goes great over gyros souvlaki or simply all by itself.



Steps:

1. Gather together the ingredients listed below.
2. Peel cucumbers and slice long wise.
3. Using a spoon, remove all the cucumbers seeds.
4. Shred cucumber and drain with sieve to remove excess liquid.
5. Remove outer skin from garlic, separate into cloves and peel.
6. Using sieve with a coffee filter, drain yogurt for about 15 minutes for each coffee filter full.(You will get about 1/2 container of yogurt in a coffee filter)
7. Place together in a large stainless steel mixing bowl: shredded cucumber, drained yogurt, salt, pepper and olive oil.
8. Juise lemons and add to mixture.
9. Press garlic cloves over the mixture making sure to inclube all the garlic juises.
10. Beat mixture with a whisk or large spoon until all ingredients are totally mixed.
11. Cover mixing bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 2 to 3 hours before serving. This gives the garlic a chance to really unleash it's flavor.

Good Luck

Panagiotis

Greek Cuisine

Hello! my name is Panagiotis lover of "greek cuisine".

Think greek, and your mouth positively waters: all those wonderful and diverse flavours, served individually or combined so skilfully in a cuisine that is good for your heart, body and soul. From mountainous and harsh terrain that covers most of mainland Greece and its islands, a flavoursome diet has developed, centred on vegetables and other fresh ingredients, and with quality seasonal produse at its heart. Greek food is healthy: it's the classic mediterranean diet, rich in fruit and vegetables, with a little meat and fish, olives and olive oil, home-made bread, and home-produced cheeses. The olive is the backbone of this healthy diet, adding richness and developing the flavours of the simplest of ingredients; it is grown almost everywhere and processed into the finest extra virgin olive oil in the word. Indeed, butter is never eaten in most parts of Greece. Lemons, too, grow all over the country and give that quintessentially Greek flavour to many dishes. A plethora of wild leaves grow throughout most of the year and feature prominently in the diet, eaten every day in salads, lightly cooked as a vegetable or as a filling for pies.