Turkish cacik with crunchy vegetable sticks

Name: Turkish cacik with crunchy vegetable sticks
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 400g 0% fat Greek yoghurt; 1 cucumber, grated and squeezed dry; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped; 1 lemon, juiced; 1 tsp dried mint; 3 carrots, cut into sticks; 2 red peppers, cut into strips; 4 celery sticks, cut into sticks

A thick garlicky cucumber and mint yoghurt dip with a rainbow of raw veg for dunking.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.60 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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400 g0% fat Greek yoghurt
1cucumbergrated and squeezed dry
1garlic clovecrushed
2 tbspfresh mintchopped
1lemonjuiced
1 tspdried mint
3carrotscut into sticks
2red pepperscut into strips
4celery stickscut into sticks

Method

1
Squeeze the grated cucumber in a tea towel until dry.
2
Stir it into the yoghurt with the garlic, fresh mint and lemon juice.
3
Taste and add a pinch of black pepper if you like. Spoon into a bowl and sprinkle with the dried mint.
4
Chill for 15 minutes if you have time, so the garlic mellows.
5
Serve with the carrot, pepper and celery for dipping.

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