Make tzatziki a refreshing greek cucumber sauce at home with this easy and quick recipe. easy and quick greek dipping sauce made with cucumbers,Yogurt and herbs. Serve this creamy greek yogurt sauce with gyros, grilled veggies, in sandwiches, wraps or grilled meats for a fresh summer meal.
Tzatziki is an easy and quick greek dipping sauce made with cucumbers,Yogurt and herbs. You can make this refreshing greek cucumber sauce easily at home and serve this greek dipping sauce along with fresh veggies or Pita chips. This is a creamy greek yogurt sauce. You can also enjoy this cucumber sauce for gyros, grilled veggies in a pita sandwich etc.
Summers are a great time to enjoy fresh and refreshing food. Cucumber tzatziki is undoubtedly my favourite dipping sauce in summers. All it takes is 5 minutes to make this yoghurt cucumber dip. You can also serve it as a spread.
Although it is mostly known as greek food, you can find this in Mediterranean and middle eastern food as well. Here’s an easy tzatziki recipe to serve with your appetisers, gyros, grilled meats or veggies.
Tzatziki Ingredients
You need very few ingredients to make tzatziki that tastes authentic just like greek restaurants.
You need yogurt, drained cucumber, extra virgin olive oil, dill and mint, garlic (optional), lemon juice and salt.
I like to use either English or Persian cucumbers for making this. Seedless cucumbers are The Best for making this sauce.
How to Make It
Tzatziki is super easy and quick to make. You can watch Video below or follow detailed step by step instructions in Recipe card.
First I grate cucumbers using large holes of a box grater. I wash it properly and do not peel it. This gives a nice texture and those lovely green specks in the sauce.
Next, I squeeze out extra water before mixing it with yogurt. Make sure to drain out the water properly otherwise tzatziki is liquidy and watered down.
Mix in greek yogurt. You can use regular yogurt as well but make sure to drain out extra water by placing yogurt in a muslin cloth placed in a mesh strainer over a bowl.
Add the yogurt, dill leaves, mint leaves, salt, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice.
Mix all of these and allow the tzatziki to rest for 5 minutes for flavours to meld. You can serve it immediately or chill for some time in the fridge before serving.
Recipe Notes
Draining cucumbers are a must for the perfect texture of tzatziki. You can salt cucumber before squeezing out water. This will ensure that the sauce is not watered down.
I have not added garlic as I do not like the taste. But if you love garlic go ahead and add it. Authentic greek cucumber sauce has garlic in it.
For the best taste use full-fat yogurt.
The perfect way to drain cucumbers is by using a cheesecloth or thick napkin. But if not available use your hands to squeeze out as much water as you can.
How to Serve it?
This fresh tzatziki recipe is great to add zing to any summer meal and add nutrition and taste to dinner or lunch.
You can slather it in pita bread for making sandwiches, pita wraps, tabbouleh or falafel.
You can serve with grilled veggies or grilled meats.
This also tastes good as a topping for baked potatoes, shawarma, kebabs or grilled paneer skewers.
Make ahead and Storage Instructions
To make Tzatziki ahead of time, you can mix all of the ingredients other than cucumber and add cucumber just before serving. You can store it in an Airtight fridge safe glass container. Freezing Tzatziki won’t give you that taste. It is not a time-consuming dish to make so I suggest avoiding freezing it, meal-prep it and make it fresh.
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How to Make It
Tzatziki is super easy and quick to make. You can watch Video below.
Greek Tzatziki
Ingredients
- 400 grams Cucumbers
- 400 grams Yogurt Greek Yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons Mint leaves chopped
- 2 Tablespoons Dill leaves chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- ½ teaspoon garlic optional
Instructions
- First I grate cucumbers using large holes of a box grater. I wash it properly and do not peel it. This gives a nice texture and those lovely green specks in the sauce.
- Next, I squeeze out extra water before mixing it with yogurt. Make sure to drain out the water properly otherwise tzatziki is liquidy and watered down.
- Mix in greek yogurt. You can use regular yogurt as well but make sure to drain out extra water by placing yogurt in a muslin cloth placed in a mesh strainer over a bowl.
- Add the yogurt, dill leaves, mint leaves, salt, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice.
- Mix all of these and allow the tzatziki to rest for 5 minutes for flavours to meld. You can serve it immediately or chill for some time in the fridge before serving.
