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tzatziki

tzatziki

3 7.4
A cold Greek sauce made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and herbs
  • noun
  • /t͡sæˈziːki/
translation icon : tzatziki
  • Even hummus and tzatziki dip can get you into trouble if you use pita bread.
  • tzatziki sauce
  • tzatziki dip

Examples

  • This Mediterranean platter includes olives, feta cheese, and a generous serving of tzatziki sauce.

  • - 'You dropped my tzatziki.'

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

  • Have you ever put tzatziki sauce on it, the white shit?

    It's All Good (2016)

  • This is exactly as I saw a Greek woman do with cucumber for tzatziki.

    Blog text (19)

  • And just a little scoop of tzatziki, the Costco one for the chicken.

  • The table is set with tzatziki, cheese, horiatiki, wine, bread, olives—and that’s just the place setting!

    Blog text (24)

  • The creamy tzatziki sauce is the perfect accompaniment to grilled lamb skewers.

  • For a refreshing snack, serve some pita bread with homemade tzatziki made from yogurt and cucumbers.

How Thick

paste
68 1.0
spread
12 1.1
tzatziki
3 7.4
sauce
569 1.0
vinaigrette
28 3.3
broth
76 1.0

Surface Forms

tzatziki singular
tzatzikis plural

Etymology

Tzatziki comes from the Turkish word cacık, a name for a yogurt-and-cucumber sauce, and probably from Persian jajik. So tzatziki literally means a 'yogurt sauce', which is why it is used as a cold dip with bread or grilled meat.