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