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Tarator

Cold yogurt and cucumber

⏱ 15 min🍽 Serves 4

The summer table's cool-down: thick yogurt, cucumber, garlic and dill, eaten as a meze or a cold soup on hot days.

Tarator
Photo: Gillgaramond, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Përbërësit

Ingredients

  • 500 g thick plain yogurt
  • 1 large cucumber, finely diced or grated
  • 1–2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • A handful of fresh dill or mint, chopped
  • Salt; a little cold water to thin (optional)

Përgatitja

Method

  1. If grating the cucumber, salt it lightly and squeeze out the water.
  2. Stir the yogurt with the garlic, oil and salt until smooth.
  3. Fold in the cucumber and herbs. Thin with cold water for a soup-style tarator.
  4. Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Tip: Some families add chopped walnuts. Serve next to grilled meat or fish.

Video

Watch it made

Tarator me Kos | Yogurt and Cucumber Recipe · Kuzhina e Nexhit
Tarator me kos dhe kastravec · RTV KLAN

Videos are by independent Albanian cooks on YouTube. Their method may differ from ours.

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