What is Evaporated Milk and Cacik?

Definition of Evaporated Milk and Cacik

Do you know What is Evaporated Milk and Cacik. If you are looking for the definition of Evaporated Milk and Cacik or want to know what is Evaporated Milk and Cacik?, then this is where you will fetch your answers. Well, in simple terms Evaporated milk is a canned milk product with about 60% water removed from fresh milk. This milk product has a longer shelf life. While

• 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.

Both these products are unique in their own ways. Evaporated Milk is a Caramelized white colored dairy product and Cacik is Not Available colored. The food gets it color dependent on the ingredients used and the preparation methods employed. Sometimes artificial food colors are added to give the dairy product, a gourmet look. Apart from their color what distinguishes them is their flavor and aroma. Evaporated Milk bears Caramel-like and Sweet flavor with a Sweet aroma whereas Cacik has Sour flavor and a Fresh and Sour smell aroma. The color, flavor and the aroma of these products depict their origin. Evaporated Milk originated in USA, whereas origin of Cacik is traced back to Turkey.