Tzatziki
Tzatziki is a yogurt sauce that's great over gyros, pitas, salads, lamb, as a dip, or for anything you'd like a cool tasty sauce on.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups yogurt
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon dill (sub. ¼ tablespoon of tarragon if no dill is available)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice (optional)
- 2 small cucumbers, diced
- Salt
- White pepper, to taste (optional)
Ingredients for 32 servings (920 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Drain yogurt in a sieve or a cheesecloth for about 3 hours prior to using it.
- 2
Drain the cucumber and salt it to further remove moisture.
- 3
Combine yogurt, garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice in a bowl and cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or more.
- 4
After refrigerating, add dill and cucumber into bowl and mix with a whisk until smooth.
- 5
Add pepper and salt to taste.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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