MAST O KHIYAR (YOGURT AND CUCUMBERS)

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A light nutritious dish that can be eaten as a dip, with pita, as a sauce on rice or kebab or as a side dish. A traditional Iranian recipe. We eat a lot of this in the summer. It is far better with a real home country style yogurt, low fat yogurt just doesn't cut it.

Provided by Deerwoman

Categories     Vegetable

Time 15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups whole milk plain yogurt
2 small grated thin-skinned cucumbers
1/2 small onion, grated
1/3 cup of fresh mint, shredded
thinly sliced green onion, as garnish (optional)
fresh ground pepper (optional)
1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)
1 minced fresh garlic clove (optional)

Steps:

  • Leave skins on cucumbers for color.
  • Mix all ingredients, add garnish.
  • Chill and serve.
  • Garnish with sprigs of fresh mint.
  • Only if you have no choice should you use dried mint. It just isn't as good. We eat it this way in winter when we have no fresh mint, as a sauce on rice with an Iranian stew.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 104.1, Fat 4.2, SaturatedFat 2.6, Cholesterol 15.9, Sodium 62, Carbohydrate 12.6, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 8.6, Protein 5.6

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