Greek Tzatziki sauce is a cucumber yogurt sauce or a dip served with grilled meats, pita bread, pita chips, veggies, and also as a sauce for gyros.
What is Greek Tzatziki Sauce?
Tzatziki sauce is a yogurt cucumber sauce or dip. The pungent taste of garlic and extra virgin olive oil enhance flavor and dill gives this it a unique taste and flavor.
Apart from being an awesome dip, it also serves as a great accompaniment for many Greek and mediterranean dishes. The key to good tzatziki is thick yogurt or Greek yogurt, salted & well drained grated / diced cucumber. We prefer grated cucumber.
Theme of the Week
The theme for this week is chutneys, dips and spreads. The first two recipes for the week were zucchini tomato chutney and cottage cheese guacamole. The last recipe is Greek Tzatziki sauce which serves as a dip and a sauce.
Detailed Recipe
📖 Recipe
Tzatziki Sauce
Equipment
- Grater or a Food Processor
- Colander or a strainer
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 small-medium English Cucumber grated (approx. 1 cup after grating)
- ½ teaspoon Salt adjust to taste
- ¾. - 1 cup Greek Yogurt
- 1 Clove of Garlic grated or minced
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 - 3 teaspoon Lime Juice
- ⅛ – ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- ½ - 1 teaspoon chopped Dill
Instructions
- Wash and grate cucumber using a large grater blade or grate in a food processor.
- Mix ¼ teaspoon of salt with cucumber, place in a strainer and let drain. If time permits, leave it in the fridge overnight. Else, 30 minutes to a hour is good enough. Squeeze out as much liquid from cucumber grate as possible and keep aside.
- Take yogurt in a bowl, add grated cucumber, minced garlic, extra virgin olive oil, lime juice, pepper, remaining salt and mix well.
- Just before serving, add dill and mix well. I used ½ teaspoon as I find dill flavor very strong. If one likes it, can add more to taste.
- Serve tzatziki with grilled chicken, pita bread, pita chips, over gyros and also as a condiment with Greek food.
Notes
- Cucumber – Cucumber can be grated or finely diced. I prefer grating.
- Yogurt – Greek yogurt is a must for this sauce. Greek yogurt is thick yogurt and if one cannot procure it, hang yogurt in a cheese cloth and leave it overnight.
- Sauce – If time permits, make the sauce by mixing Greek yogurt, garlic, lime juice, salt and olive oil. Refrigerate overnight along with cucumber. This lets the sauce infuse all the flavors. Next day, add cucumber and dill.
- Dill – I use dill sparingly as I am not very fond it's flavor. I feel it overpowers the dish it is used in.
- Nutrition - values listed are approximate.
Nutrition
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Karly says
Yum! This looks delicious!
MySpicyKitchen says
Thank you Karly
Priya Srinivasan says
i too find dill too overpowering, so add very very very little! tzatziki sauce looks delicious, i made it for our MEga BM once, after which it is a regular in our house, but i skip the dill!
Jayashree says
This is one of my favorite sauces. Nice photos.
Srivalli Jetti says
I loved this so much when I had made it, such a delicious dip!
Sapana Behl says
This is one of my favorite dip. Beautifully presented.
Sandhiya says
My favorite dip and we loved it when i had prepared this. Looks so creamy and delicious.
themadscientistskitchen says
Such yummy pictures.Want to grab the bowl from the screen. Must make some for we like it.
Suja Ram says
Tzatziki dip is my to-do list for quite sometime, yours is making me drool.
vaishalisabnani says
This sauce happens to be one of our favorite..have'nt made it in a while now, thanks for reminding. and yes..beautifully presented.
Priya Kumar says
this is my favorite sauce since I made pita bread. So drooling cliks.
Harini-Jaya R says
We loved this sauce when I made it a few months back. The pictures look stunning as usual.
Priya Suresh says
Super like, am an ardent fan of this Tzatziki sauce, just cant stop myself drooling here.