Persian Cold Yogurt Soup – Abdoogh Khiar

5 from 20 votes

Persian Cold Yogurt Soup – Abdoogh Khiar

Stay cool this summer with this Persian Cold Yogurt Soup - Abdoogh Khiar. This tasty yogurt soup is made with simple, natural and healthy ingredients and is ready in 15 minutes.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Persian

Servings: servings

Calories: 389kcal

Author: Shadi HasanzadeNemati

Ingredients

2 ½ cups plain yogurt
6 cups cold water
1 ½ teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons dried mint
4 Persian cucumbers diced
½ cup raisins
1 cup chopped walnut
1 ½ cup chopped herbs mint, parsley, dill and basil
2 teaspoons powdered Persian dried rose petals optional
Ice optional
4 Lavash bread

Instructions

Reserve 1 cup of the yogurt and mix the rest with the 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoon dried mint and water (Use a whisk if needed). Set aside.
Mix the remaining yogurt, salt and dried mint with cucumbers, raisins, walnut and herbs. Add in the yogurt and water mix to and stir to combine. Add in the rose petals if using.
Divide the cold soup among large serving bowls and add ice if the soup is not cold enough.
Break in the lavash into each bowl, let it soak for a few minutes and then enjoy.

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Notes

Seedless raisins work best for this recipe.
For herbs, I use a combination of mint, parsley, dill and basil. What we want here is the flavor and aroma of an herb combination. If you don't have all these herbs at hand, just use a couple of them.
You can find dried mints in the spice aisle of almost every supermarket.
Dried Persian rose petals are available in Middle Eastern/Iranian shops or sometimes Turkish shops. You can rub them between your fingers to powder them or use a clean coffee grinder and grind just the petals. This is an optional ingredient. It makes the cold yogurt soup very tasty but it's not necessary.
The ratio of the ingredients are totally up to you and your preference. I always like my soup to be somehow thicker because the ice melts and makes it just right.
As for bread, traditionally we use lavash. I didn't dry it here but you can simply cut it into small pieces and bake it in the oven (350 degrees F) for 10 minutes until crispy and dry. You can also use flour tortilla if you can't find lavash. And if you can't find either of these two, just go with any bread you have. It's going to taste fantastic!

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