Tarator

A beloved summer staple. It’s eaten with a spoon as a kind of thin, cold soup or you can drink it – which seems much more logical to me. It takes a while to get used to this one as it tastes a bit like watered down tzatziki. The first time I ordered it from a takeaway soup shop, I mistakenly ate it with bread and was so disgusted that I poured the whole lot down the toilet. It’s made with half Bulgarian yoghurt, half water, cubes or strips of cucumber, and garlic – you can also add crushed walnuts for texture.