Easiest Way to Make Perfect Cucumber-Yogurt Tzatziki

Cucumber-Yogurt Tzatziki.

You can have Cucumber-Yogurt Tzatziki using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cucumber-Yogurt Tzatziki

1. It's 120 ml of plain yogurt, strained if possible.
2. You need 1 of small cucumber or 1/2 large.
3. You need 1 of small clove garlic.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of lemon juice.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of Salt.
6. It's to taste of Pepper.
7. You need of Olive oil to drizzle over.
8. It's to taste of Cayenne pepper, cilantro, mint (optional).

Cucumber-Yogurt Tzatziki instructions

1. Remove seeds (if any) from cucumber and chop finely. Squeeze lemon for juice..
2. Mince garlic as finely as possible..
3. In a bowl, mix cucumber, garlic, yogurt, lemon juice and salt. Adjust lemon, salt, etc. to your liking if needed. You can use right away, but if you let it sit in the refrigerator for a couple hours, it will be more flavorful..
4. When ready to serve, sprinkle over just a bit of black pepper, cayenne pepper, fresh cilantro etc. if you like. Drizzle over some olive oil and it's ready to go!.
5. Goes awesome with falafel, grilled veggies, and all kinds of meat!.