2 medium cucumbers 1/2 cup walnut pieces, toasted 1 garlic clove, very finely minced 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 tablespoons water Juice of 1 lemon 1 1/2 cups thick Greek style yogurt (or 2
cups regular plain yogurt) 1/2 cup parsley 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped salt and pepper, to taste mint sprigs, for garnish
* To make whey, simply
strain regular plain yogurt (not Greek style) in a fine mesh strainer (or coffee filter) allowing the whey to drip into a bowl until you have 1/2 cup.
Alternately you can
drain regular plain yogurt that you buy here in the US through cheesecloth for a couple hours, and that will thicken it right up.Thanks for the comment Angela.
And I think it would work equally well with buttermilk, sour cream, or
regular plain yogurt, if you have difficulty finding Greek yogurt.
Can i use
a regular plain yogurt instead of the greek kind?
One cup of
regular plain yogurt has about 120 calories while the same amount of fat - free yogurt is about 90 calories.