Cacık (Yoghurt with Cucumber)
serves 4
15 min
Easy
2 versions
Cacık
One of 2 versions of Cacık (Yoghurt with Cucumber) · the most complete write-up. The table below shows how their ingredients differ.
Ingredients
Servings
people
- 500 gram yoghurt
- 2 piece cucumber · medium
- 1 water glass (200 ml) cold water
- 3 sprig dill
- 1 dessert spoon mint · dried
- 1 clove garlic · crushed, optional
- 2 tablespoon olive oil · optional
- 1 dessert spoon salt
How to make it
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Peel the cucumbers and chop them into tiny pieces.
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Sprinkle salt over them and leave them to stand.
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Put the yoghurt in a bowl.
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Whisking continuously, add a glass of cold water a little at a time.
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Add the pieces of cucumber and the crushed garlic.
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Scatter over chopped dill and dried mint.
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Drizzle over the olive oil.
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Serve very cold.
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Cacık (Yoghurt with Cucumber) versions
They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.
| Ingredient | Classic | With purslane |
|---|---|---|
| cucumber | ✓ | — |
| dill | ✓ | — |
| purslane | — | ✓ |
| water | ✓ | — |
With purslane
serves 4 15 min
Purslane stirred into garlicky yoghurt; a cooling meze served cold alongside the main dishes.
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