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Cuisine Greek
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8
Author LDS's Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 English cucumber
  • ½ tsp salt to use for the English cucumber
  • 1 ½ cups Greek yogurt
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 ½ tbsp finely chopped dill
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Peel off the English cucumber.
  2. In a bowl, grate the cucumber and season it with the ½ teaspoon salt. Let stand for about 15 minutes.
  3. Strain the grated cucumber to get rid of its juice.
  4. Press the cucumber with your hands to make sure that no juice is left.
  5. Dump the pressed cucumber in a bowl and add yogurt, minced garlic, lemon juice, chopped dill and season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything until well combined.
  6. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for minimum 2 hours (preferably overnight) to allow the flavors to develop.
  7. Enjoy.

Recipe Notes

Total time didn't include the chilling time.