Tzatziki
A refreshing summer dip featuring locally grown cucumbers. Ingredients with an asterisk (*) are available seasonally right here in North Iowa! Click on select ingredients to find them nearby or stop by your local farmer's market.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Slice the cucumber in half. Grate one half of the cucumber and set aside other half for serving. Put the grated cucumber in a strainer in the sink and sprinkle with a couple pinches of salt.
- Snip your herbs with scissors into tiny pieces.
- Squeeze out as much water as possible from the cucumber and place in a medium bowl.
- Use a mortar and pestle to grind garlic into a paste or mince it. Add garlic, herb(s) of choice, lemon juice, and some black pepper into the bowl.
- Stir in yogurt. Taste and adjust salt, pepper, lemon.
- Cut remainder of cucumber into sticks for serving. Also great with chips, carrots, peppers, etc.
Notes
Yield: small bowl of dip
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 28gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 97mgPotassium: 791mgFiber: 2gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 258IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 324mgIron: 1mg