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Tzatziki with olives and a spearmint garnish, served as meze. Greek-style tzatziki sauce is commonly served as a meze, to be eaten with bread, fried eggplant, or zucchini. [15] Tzatziki is made of strained yogurt (usually from sheep or goat milk) mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and dill or mint or parsley. [16]
The name comes from the Greek γύρος (gyros, 'circle' or 'turn').It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7]In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes.
Tzatziki. Ash-e doogh – Iranian Azerbaijani thick yogurt soup; Spas – Armenian matzoon soup; Tzatziki – cold yogurt and herb sauce from Greece and Turkey; Dovga – Azerbaijani yogurt soup; Tarator – Bulgarian cold yogurt soup with cucumbers and garlic; Toyga soup – Turkish yogurt soup; Shakriya – Levantine stew with lamb or beef. [2]
Apart from the Greek dishes that can be found all over Greece, there are also many regional dishes. [71] [72] North-Western and Central Greece (Epirus, Thessaly and Roumeli/Central Greece) have a strong tradition of filo-based dishes, such as some special regional pitas. Greek cuisine uses seeds and nuts in everything from pastry to main dishes ...
Although gyros is unquestionably of Middle Eastern origin, the issue of whether modern-day souvlaki came to Greece via Turkish cuisine, and should be considered a Greek styling of shish kebab, or is a contemporary revival of Greek tradition dating as far back as 17th century BC Minoan civilization, [18] is a topic of sometimes heated debate, at ...
Meze (also spelled mezze or mezé) (/ ˈ m ɛ z eɪ /, / ˈ m ɛ z ɛ /) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in eastern Mediterranean cuisines: Syria, Iraq, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Armenia.
A hard cheese produced exclusively in Arachova, Greece and it is famous and registered in the European Union as a protected designation of origin since 1996. Feta (φέτα) Feta is a white salty Greek cheese slice made from the milk of sheep or goats. Graviera (γραβιέρα) Graviera is one of the most popular cheeses in Crete.
So so called Greek yogurt and Tzatziki are not Greek they are of Turkish/Turkic origin. So This article needs an overhaul.--Prusan 14:58, 21 July 2015 (UTC) The origin of a dish can be completely different from the origin of any one of its ingredients. Largoplazo 22:11, 30 July 2016 (UTC)