Tzatziki

About Tzatziki

Ingredients

• Hung yogurt (chakka) 1 cup
• Medium cucumber, peeled, grated and squeezed to completely drain excess moisture 1
• Salt to taste
• Garlic cloves, finely chopped 3
• Black olives, cut into rings ½ cup
• Extra virgin olive oil 3 to 4 tbsps
• Garnish
• Coriander powder ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder ½ tsp

How to Make Tzatziki (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Take hung yogurt in a bowl and whisk till creamy. Add cucumber and mix well.
2. Add salt, garlic and olives and mix well.
3. Add 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and mix well.
4. Transfer into a serving bowl. Drizzle the remaining oil along the edges of the dip.
5. Sprinkle red chilli powder and coriander powder.
6. Serve with pita bread arranged on a serving platter.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps