We have had some amazingly hot weather this Spring and Summer – record breaking temperatures and catastrophic bushfire conditions. Yet, somehow, here we managed the heat well, and enjoyed the delights that it br0ught. We did eat a lot of yoghurt, so cooling.
Cacik is a wonderful dish, cooling in summer and endlessly versatile. It can be made very thick with thick thick yoghurt to serve as a dip or along side curries, rice dishes and pastry dishes. Make it with ordinary yoghurt as a sauce to drizzle over vegetables or salads or some filo pastry dish. Or make it thin with some ice cold water and eat as a soup.
Cacik, A Turkish Dip and Soup
Source : inspired by Turquoise
Cuisine: Turkish
Prep time: 5 mins + chilling time
Cooking time: 0 mins
Serves: 4 – 6 people, depending how you use it
ingredients
500g thick yoghurt (use a Greek yoghurt or make thick thick yoghurt; use ordinary yoghurt for a thinner consistency)
1 clove garlic
2 Lebanese cucumbers, no need to peel
1/3 cup finely chopped dill
1 tspn dried mint
small squeeze lemon juice
sea salt and a tiny pinch black pepper
method
Crush the garlic with a small teaspoon of salt, and beat with the yoghurt, cucumber, black pepper and herbs. Taste and add more salt if required. Cover and chill until ready to eat. Enjoy!
Ways with Yoghurt:
- How to make thick thick yoghurt/yoghurt cheese.
- I finally made a Blueberry Shrikhand. It is hard to beat.
- Use thick thick yoghurt with all sorts of fruits and other toppings.
- A huge dollop of thick thick yoghurt on top of winter soups, like this spicy red lentil soup.
- Yoghurt Curry
- Thick Yoghurt Tahina Dip with Herbs
- Yoghurt and Rosepetals
- Cacik: Turkish cucumber and Yoghurt Mezze
- Haydari
- Tender Eggplant with yoghurt
- Yoghurt, Feta and Mustard Dip
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I love the texture of the dish..
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..will try for sure.
Siri
Hi Siri, lovely to hear from you. Yes, do try it, it is very cooling.
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so cooling yogurt! Very bright pics Ganga. So cool!
Here, in Melbourne the weather is quite dramatic with rainy and windy. I feel so cold in summer.
btw, I’ll prepare this when the we have hot day.
Thanks Sonia, yes it is cooler here too but it sounds like you are having real winter storms in summer! Never fear, the heat will return.
i love the pics…adn the bowls are gorgeous….i love this preparation… dint know what it was called tho
It is similar to cucumber raita, isn’t it. And just as delicious.
this looks so delicious,….
Thanks!
simply and lovely recipe.it would nice and refreshing as a dip.
Hi bergamot, glad that you liked it. It is amazingly cooling on a hot day.
Wow, I’ve been looking for this recipe everywhere. I visited a Turkish restaurant and enjoyed this yogurt but wanted to learn how to make some. Thanks for the recipe! Very generous of you for sharing it. Will try to make some. Hazel
Wonderful – let us know how it turns out.
It looks creamy and delicious….perfect for the nasty hot days we’ve been having!
Thanks, s.
thanks for teaching me a new dish, Cacik has a nice ring to it!..great that you managed the hot day with this refreshing dish..
sorry for the delay in responding about those fresh turmeric roots for Sankranti..it signifies new beginning as during this month we get fresh crops and farmers enjoy the bounty. so they pray to Sun God to shower more such blessings on them by offering fresh turmeric roots. In another sense, since turmeric is a basic part of the Indian cuisine, it symbolizes prosperity by having these fresh ones in the puja…
Hi Srivalli, yes isnt the name wonderful!! I wonder what it means. Thanks for responding to my turmeric question, that is wonderful.
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