What is Cottage Cheese and Cacik?
What is
Cottage Cheese, a bland white cheese made from the curds of milk.
- 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.
Aroma
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Fresh, Sour smell
Origin
Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, North America & South America
Turkey