What is
- It is a dish of seasoned, strained or diluted yogurt, eaten throughout the former Ottoman countries.
- It is similar to tarator in Balkan cuisine.
- It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes with vinegar or lemon juice, and some herbs like dill, mint, parsley, thyme etc.
Booza, or Arabic mastic ice cream, is an elastic, sticky, high level melt resistant ice cream, which should delay melting in the hotter climates of the Arab world, where it is most commonly found.