Tzatziki - The Famous Greek Sauce/Dip

This is a really easy dip/sauce to make, once you get the method down-pact if wont take you more than 10 minutes to make.

Shopping List:

Garlic (can be fresh or crushed)

2 cucumbers (lebanese variety)

500g Greek Yogurt (i use chris's) 

1 Lemon

Good Olive Oil (anything from crete is good)

dried mint to garnish

Kitchen utensils needed:

grater (with large holes)

a sharp knife

mixing bowl 

spoon

butter knife

citrus juicer (or you can use your hands)

kitchen towel 

Method

get a good mixing bowl, OR just use a container big enough to keep it all in,

• peel the cucumbers
• cut them in half and use either a butter knive or the back of a fork to scoop out all the seeds, (discard the seeds)
• once your left with just the outside (the good part) of the cucmber get a teatowel and place it under a grater
• grate the cucumber on the large holes
• once its all grated and all the cucumber pieces are on the teatowl, bunch them up in the teatowl and use it to drain the water from the cucmber over a sink, you will be suprised how much water comes out of them,
• once you have squeezed out as much water as you can place the cucmber back on a cutting board and give it a run through with a good knive (chop them up a little more)
• once they are chopped add to the yogurt in the container,
• next either add 1 clove of garlic chopped/diced OR 1 teaspoon of the stuff out of a jar
• juice 1 lemon and add to the mix
• drizzle with a good olive oil (this helps take out some of the acidity of the yogurt/lemon)
• mix well 
• sprinke some dried mint over the top to garnish and your finished.

Now simply place covered in the fridge and it can last up to a week (whatever the yogurt used says)

Personally i use tzatziki as a sauce on a variety of meats, aswell as a starter with some jatz or pita breads. 

Enjoy

Spiro