🥒🍋 Grandma’s Cucumber Salad with Garlic Yogurt (Cool, Creamy, Balkan-Style Crunch)

Description

This is not your average salad. It’s cold, creamy, tangy, and smells like garlic met a garden. Grandma served this as a side, but let’s be real – we all secretly treated it like the main dish when the meat ran out. It cools you down, wakes you up, and somehow disappears from the bowl faster than you expected.

Ingredients

• 🥒 2 medium cucumbers (about 500 g / 1.1 lb), thinly sliced
• 🧄 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 🥣 250 ml (1 cup) plain yogurt
• 🫒 1 tbsp olive oil
• 🍋 1 tsp lemon juice or vinegar
• 🧂 Salt, to taste
• 🌿 Fresh dill or parsley, chopped (optional)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Slice the cucumbers thinly – use a mandoline if you want to feel fancy.
2. 2️⃣ In a bowl, combine 🧄 garlic, 🥣 yogurt, 🍋 lemon juice, 🫒 oil, and 🧂 salt. Stir until smooth.
3. 3️⃣ Add cucumbers and gently mix to coat every slice.
4. 4️⃣ Chill in the fridge for at least 15 minutes.
5. 5️⃣ Sprinkle with 🌿 herbs before serving for a fresh kick.

Total Time

🛠️ Prep: 10 min
❄️ Chill: 15 min
🕒 Total: 25 min

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