Mast o Khiar

Name: Mast o Khiar
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 400g plain yoghurt; 1 cucumber, coarsely grated; 2 tbsp dried mint; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 30g walnut pieces, chopped; 2 tbsp raisins; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 tbsp olive oil

Cool yoghurt with grated cucumber, mint and walnuts. A little salty, a little fragrant.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.51 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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400 gplain yoghurt
1cucumbercoarsely grated
2 tbspdried mint
1garlic clovecrushed
30 gwalnut pieceschopped
2 tbspraisins
½ tspsalt
1 tbspolive oil

Method

1
Squeeze the grated cucumber well to remove the water.
2
Stir it into the yoghurt with the garlic, half the mint, the raisins and salt.
3
Chill for 30 minutes so the flavours settle.
30 min
4
Spoon into a bowl, scatter with walnuts and the rest of the mint, and drizzle with olive oil.

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