What is Peanut Butter and Cacik?
What is
Peanut butter is a food paste made from dry roasted peanuts, with added salt, sugar, seed oils, and emulsifiers.
- 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.
Flavor
Creamy, Nutty
Sour
Aroma
Nutty
Fresh, Sour smell