Called tzatziki in Greece, the cooling combination of yogurt and cucumber is popular all around the eastern Mediterranean.
Tag: Cucumber
Tzatziki
Mizeria
(Polish cucumber and sour cream salad)
Mizeria is a cooling salad of cucumbers, dill and sour cream that is very popular in Poland.
Misozuke
(Japanese miso pickle)
Preserving vegetables in miso is a common way of preparing simple pickles in Japan to be used as an accompaniment to a Japanese meal.
Horiatiki Salata
(Greek tomato, cucumber and olive salad)
Horiatiki salata is your basic big, fat Greek salad. Horiatiki means village-style. This fresh, healthy salad is found in one form or another throughout the eastern Mediterranean.
Gazpacho
(Spanish chilled tomato-cucumber soup)
Gazpacho, the famous chilled tomato and cucumber soup from the Andalusia region of southern Spain, is an amazingly refreshing foil to a hot summer day.
Gado Gado
(Indonesian vegetable salad with peanut sauce)
Gado gado is a popular salad in Indonesia with a number of regional variations.
Acar Ketimun
(Indonesian cucumber pickle)
This simple, quick cucumber pickle from Java is served in Indonesia and Singapore as a side dish for grilled foods, especially satay ayam.