# Tzatziki my way

A delicious homemade tzatziki that is much nicer than store-bought.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 whole whole cucumber
- 300 g full fat Greek yogurt
- 2 small garlic clove, very finely chopped (or grated)
- dill, finely chopped
- mint, finely chopped
- 0.5 half lemon juice
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- cracked black pepper

## Instructions

1. Grate the whole cucumber.
2. Put the grated cucumber on your board and salt it.
3. Salt the cucumber for 10 minutes to draw out all the moisture.
4. Squeeze the cucumber to death to remove all the juice.
5. Chop up some garlic really fine.
6. Get the chopped garlic into full fat Greek yogurt.
7. Add some dill and some mint to the yogurt.
8. Add some extra virgin olive oil, salt, and some cracked black pepper to the yogurt mixture.
9. Add a good squeeze of lemon to the yogurt mixture.
10. Fold in the cucumber that does not have any moisture or water in it.
11. Finish with an extra bit of mint.
12. Add extra virgin olive oil and cracked black pepper to finish.

## Equipment

- board
- bowl

## Tips

- Salt the cucumber for 10 minutes to draw out moisture.
- Squeeze the cucumber to remove excess liquid.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@chef_steviebd/video/7645358699170499862
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c38dac16-874b-4e2a-8eae-cb51103138ac
- Extracted: 2026-07-09

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