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Tzatziki Sauce

Tzatziki (can be spelled as tzadziki or tsatsiki) is yogurt and cucumber cold sauce of Greek cuisine.

It can be served separately as a dip or with meat entrees as a sauce. It is perfect addition for the gyros or souvlaki.

Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber (if cucumber is big take ½ of it)
• 14oz of Greek yogurt
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon of white grape vinegar
• 4 tablespoon of olive oil
• Fresh dill
• Salt, white pepper

How to make, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients: wash dill with cold water, pour yogurt into a bowl:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 1

2. Skin cucumber (you may also remove seeds if they are too hard) and grate it on the middle slots of your grater, salt it over and leave for 10-15 minutes:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 2

3. Separate cucumbers from water (you can use colander or hands for this) and add to the bowl with yogurt:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 3

4. Skin garlic cloves and crush them with garlic press:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 4

5. Add chopped finely dill and season everything with white pepper:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 5

6. Add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 6

7. Pour 4 tablespoon of olive oil:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 7

8. Mix everything carefully and put the bowl to fridge for at least 2 hours:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 8

9. After 2 hours in fridge tzatziki sauce is ready:
   
   

   Tzatziki Sauce Recipe: Step 9

10. You can serve it as a dip, part of meze or as a cold sauce for gyros, souvlaki or any other kind of meat:
    
    

    Tzatziki Sauce is Ready!

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