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Best Tzatziki in Sydney
“Salted strained yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, and herbs—served cold as dip, side, or sauce.”
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Tzatziki (Greek: τζατζίκι [d͡zaˈd͡zici]), also known as cacık (Turkish: [dʒaˈdʒɯk]) or tarator, is a class of dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeastern Europe and West Asia. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, red wine vinegar, sometimes with lemon juice, and herbs such as dill, mint, parsley and thyme. It is served as a cold appetiser (meze), a side dish, and as a sauce for souvlaki and gyros sandwiches and other foods.
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Tzatziki is a cold yogurt dip that travels across Southeastern Europe and West Asia, each region claiming its own version of this cooling sauce. Strained yogurt gets mixed with cucumbers, garlic, and a handful of herbs—dill, mint, parsley, thyme—then sharpened with vinegar and lemon. It shows up as a meze to start a meal, a side to anchor heavier foods, and as the essential counterpoint to hot, charred souvlaki and gyros.
Order it here when it has
- versatile across courses
- cooling and refreshing
- herb complexity
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