On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:59:46 -0700, Ranee Mueller
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:47:49 -0700, Ranee Mueller
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Laban bi Khiyar, which is a yogurt cucumber salad/sauce with garlic,
>> >lemon juice and mint in it
>>
>> Is there a recipe for this, or is it a little of this, a little of
>> that until it looks right? Which language is the name in? For my own
>> illiterate purposes, I'd like to call it Elbonian Cucumber Salad. I'll
>> replace the Elbonian part with whatever you tell me. Boy, this sounds
>> good!
>
> It is Middle Eastern. Since my family is from Saudi Arabia, this is
>the Saudi version, which as Rich has learned is the right version. He
>said that he has learned that among the Arabs there is our version and
>the wrong version, . So now he asks if people cook Arabic food my way
>or the wrong way.

LOL!

> Anyway, take a quart of plain yogurt, any kind you like stir it up a
>bit. Add the juice of a lemon (no seeds please), four or five crushed
>garlic cloves (either through a press, or crushed and chopped up), salt
>to taste, white pepper if you want to be fancy, regular pepper if you
>don't mind black specks, lots of mint, finely chopped and a large
>cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely diced, or two smaller ones. This is
>a loose recipe, you can change things around a bit as you like, but
>these are the basic ingredients. Laban bi Khiyar just means yogurt with
>cucumber.

That sounds out of this world! I'll let you know when I've made it. I
can't wait! And "Saudi Yogurt with Cucumber" it is!

Thanks so much!
Mom
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