What is Cacik and Evaporated Milk?
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.
Evaporated milk is a canned milk product with about 60% water removed from fresh milk. This milk product has a longer shelf life.
Color
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Caramelized white
Flavor
Sour
Caramel-like, Sweet
Aroma
Fresh, Sour smell
Sweet