Albanian Tarator

Every Sunday, I devote my day to life's simple pleasures.  That means reading, baking and streaming football.  This week, I celebrated by making a big batch of Albanian Tarator.  My obsession with Tarator started during PST when I was invited for dinner at one of the other volunteer's host family's house.  They had two huge plates of Tarator and we easily finished both.  Tarator is a cucumber yogurt sauce, and is basically the Albanian answer to Greek Tzatziki.  During the summer, it is oftentimes watered down and served as a cold soup.  But most of the time it is eaten either slathered on bread or my favorite way,  by the spoonful.

Albanian Tarator

2 cucumbers
3 cloves of garlic
2 cups greek yogurt
juice from 1/2 lemon
drizzle of olive oil

1.  Peel and scoop out the seeds of both cucumbers.

2. Grate or finely chop the cucumber.

3.  Peel the garlic cloves and finely mince the garlic cloves, mixing them together with the grated cucumbers.

4.  Mix in the yogurt and lemon juice, making sure that everything is evenly distributed.

5. Drizzle olive oil on top.

And wallah!  It is that simple.

The finished product

Happy Sunday everyone!