Cookbook:Tarator

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Ingredients

• 500 g plain yogurt
• 1 cup (240 ml) water
• 1–2 cucumbers, diced (diced is far better than grated, although at many restaurants they grate them)
• a couple of spoonfuls chopped dill
• Salt, to taste
• Vinegar, to taste
• Oil, to taste
• a couple of spoonfuls chopped walnuts (optional)

Procedure

1. Mix all the ingredients and serve cold in a soup dish. Use enough water so the soup is about the consistency of milk. Add a couple ice cubes if it's not cold.

Notes, tips, and variations

• If you use all of the above ingredients without the water and strain the yogurt until it becomes half in volume, you can make a salad. It is referred to as snezhanka (Snow White) or mlechna salata (yogurt salad). The main difference is that people traditionally use pickles/gherkins for snezhanka and fresh cucumbers for mlechna salata.