What is Cacik and Butter Fat?
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.
Butterfat is a triglyceride (a fat) derived from fatty acids such as myristic, palmitic, and oleic acids. Saturated fatty acids: Palmitic acid: 31% Myristic acid: 12% Stearic acid: 11%
Aroma
Fresh, Sour smell
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