Гебжалия, классная сырная грузинская закуска.

fresh cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Cottage cheese provides a similar texture with fewer calories.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Almonds offer a similar crunch with less fat.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a high smoke point and healthy fats.

Crush chili and salt together in a mortar.

Add a large clove of garlic, sprinkle with salt, and crush it.

Chop dried mint (about 20-25 g) and add it to the mortar.

Combine the crushed mixture with the garlic and mint in the mortar until homogeneous.

Cut Sulguni cheese into small pieces and place it in a pot with 200 ml of milk.

Heat the pot on the stove until the cheese melts, then strain it using a colander.

Flatten the melted cheese mixture with a knife or a rolling pin.

Roll the mixture with the mint, garlic, and chili into a log and refrigerate for 15 minutes.

Prepare a sauce using yogurt and the milk from melting the cheese, adjusting the thickness as needed.

Add the remaining mint to the sauce.

Slice the refrigerated log into pieces and serve with the sauce on top, garnished with lingonberry.

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