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Cacik (pronounced jajuk) is an authentic Turkish dish of seasoned, diluted Yoghurt, eaten throughout the former Ottoman world. Cacık is made of yogurt, salt, olive oil, crushed garlic, chopped cucumber, dill, mint, and vinegar, diluted with water to a low consistency, and garnished with sumac. Among these ingredients, olive oil, vinegar, and sumac are optional. Dill and mint (fresh or dried) may be used alternately. Cacık, when consumed as a meze, is prepared without water but follows the same recipe. Ground paprika may also be added when it is prepared as a meze. As a rarer recipe, when prepared with lettuce or carrots instead of cucumber, it is named kış cacığı (winter cacık). |
