Name: Turkish Yogurt Dip (Haydari)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 500 g strained yogurt; 3 cloves of garlic; 2 teaspoon dried mint; 50 g butter; Salt

Haydari, whose main ingredients are yogurt, garlic, and mint, is one of the most delicious appetizers. It is served cold. It is irreplaceable with meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. Although it is similar to tzatziki with its ingredients, the biggest differences are that there is no cucumber in haydari and its consistency is much darker than tzatziki. If your ingredients are ready, we can move on to the details of how to make the original haydari.

How Many Calories is Haydari?

There are 65 calories in an average serving of haydari.

Turkish Yogurt Dip (Haydari)

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Crush the garlic and mix it with the yogurt in a bowl.
Melt the butter in a sauce pan or pot.
Add mint to the melted butter and stir.
Add the mint butter mixture to the garlic yogurt and stir quickly.
Drizzle olive oil over the yogurt and add salt.
Finally, sprinkle with finely chopped fresh dill. Bon appetit.

Serving Suggestions

You can serve it with bread or breadcrumbs.
As a presentation suggestion, you can serve it with a little drizzle of olive oil.
You can serve Haydariyi with classic meatballs.

Expert Tips

If the consistency of the strained yogurt you bought is not solid enough, strain it again with a clean muslin cloth.
You can use regular yogurt instead of strained yogurt, and you can also apply the straining process to regular yogurt.
If you don't want to use butter, you can crush about 70–80 g of feta cheese.
If you cannot find strained yogurt, you can keep the yogurt in a strainer and serve it.

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