What is Cacik and Sour cream?
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.
- Sour cream is a dairy product obtained by fermenting a regular cream with certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria.
- The bacterial culture, which is introduced either deliberately of naturally, sour and thickens the cream.
Color
Not Available
White
Cacik and Sour cream Flavor
Sour
Sour
Cacik and Sour cream Aroma
Fresh, Sour smell
Milky
Origin
Turkey
Europe, Greece, Italy