The following recipe is taken directly from one I found on wikipedia, you can view the original here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaratorTarator is a cold soup (or a liquid salad), popular in the summertime in Albania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and in Turkey. It is made of yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, walnuts, dill, vegetable oil, and water. It is best served chilled or even with ice. Local variations may replace yogurt with water and vinegar, omit nuts or dill, or add bread. The cucumbers may on rare occasions be replaced with lettuce or carrots. In Serbia, tarator is a type of summer salad.
To prepare tarator you need:
1 fresh cucumber or 4-5 pickles
1/2 kilogram of yoghurt
1-2 cloves of garlic
some walnuts
some dill
salt
2 teaspoons vegetable oil of your choice (sunflower oil is typically used)
water (depending on the thickness desired)
Preparation: Grate or finely chop the cucumber(s) and place in a large bowl. Mash the garlic with salt and add to the cucumber. Add ground walnuts and finely chopped fresh dill. Pour in the yoghurt. Then gradually add water the thickness is down to taste. Finally, add the vegetable oil.
To prepare the salad version of tarator, follow the same instructions but do not add water. For thick consistency, the yoghurt can be strained in a cloth or paper bag or filter, traditionally made of muslin, to remove the whey (strained yoghurt). As a quick alternative, one can add several tablespoons of sour cream to regular yoghurt.
There is also some information how to make the Greek variation,Tzatziki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TzatzikiA great cooling dish for the coming hot summer months.
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