Tarator – Cold Cucumber-Yogurt Soup
My Brazilian friend Deborah couldn’t understand why would anyone mix yogurt with water until she tried tarator. In Bulgaria tarator marks the start of summer.
6 kirby cucumbers
1 tablespoon fresh dill
2 tablespoons crushed walnuts
½ tablespoon sunflower oil
Salt to state
12oz yogurt (2 single size Fage container TOTAL 0% Greek Yogurt)
1 cup cold water
Peel and dice the cucumbers into small pieces.
In medium size bowl mix the diced cucumbers with finely cut fresh dill. Add the salt and sunflower oil and mix well…
Find the full recipe in the April issue of MAZA Cooking Journals available at the iTunes Store.
There is a vegan version of Tarator Salad with water instead of yoghurt traditionally eaten in Serbia in hot summer days (after mowing grass by scythe).
The ingredients are: cucumbers, garlic and some cold water and some salt. Nothing is so refreshing!