craveytrain

I have some friends, namely Milap and Sejal, who were nice enough to give me some fresh yogurt culture so I could make my own yogurt. Now, while my enjoyment of yogurt is a pretty recent thing, I have always had a thing for gyros. Something about the meat and the sauce, it’s just damned good. Well, while I haven’t addressed the meat yet, allow me to give you a recipe for the sauce. This stuff makes a bitchin dip for some toasted pita bread as well.

• Prep: 20 mins
• Cook: 0
• Serves: 2.5 cups

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh yogurt (plain if you buy in the store)
• 1 medium cucumber
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp fresh dill, minced
• 1 tsp fresh mint, minced
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (about 1 half lemon juiced)

Prep

Put yogurt in cheese cloth, tea towel or other clean towel to drain off liquid. Peel and dice cucumber, sprinkle with salt and put in a strainer or towel to drain off liquid. The more liquids you drain off at this stage, the less runny it will be. And trust me, you want a thicker sauce. While the cucumbers and yogurt are draining, mince the garlic, dill and mint.

Once everything is minced & drained you just combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix up. It tastes better if you store it in the fridge for an hour or more to let the flavors blend. That’s it, Enjoy.

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