Tsatsiki

Ingredients:

500 gram pot of low fat or full fat greek yoghurt
Half a cucumber
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
2 tbsp Olive Oil
Squeeze of lemon
Salt and pepper

Homemade tsatsiki is so much better than the shop bought stuff and can be eaten with so many things- its fantastic with pitta bread, any fried morsels, kebabs, stuffed vegetables, fish and more!

Firstly, peel and grate the cucumber. Squeeze out the excess water, then put in a bowl. Now you have two choices. If you want to do this the proper way, sprinkle over two teaspoons of salt which brings out the moisture in the cucumber. After twenty minutes, place the cucumber in a fine sieve and rinse with cold water to remove the salt. Then pat dry using a clean tea towel (kitchen towel isn't really suitable for this task as the cucumber gets stuck to the paper). Alternatively- the quicker way- sprinkle the grated cucumber with a little salt and after ten minutes place the cucumber in a fine sieve and press to remove water. Because less salt is used this way there is no need to rinse the cucumber and then dry it.

Now to the garlic. Peel and chop the garlic. Then grind some fresh pepper over the garlic and use the tip of a knife to crush the garlic to a smooth paste.

Now mix the garlic into the yoghurt and then add the cucumber, mint, olive oil and squeeze of lemon. Stir together and then chill in the fridge for at least half an hour. This will let the flavours develop. Feel free to make with more or less garlic depending on taste.