Massoud Nasseri's Food Blog

Massoud Nasseri's Food Blog
Massoud Nasseri's Food Blog

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Persian Summer Soup (Ab-dough-khiar)















Ingredients:
 (Serving 4-6 Persons) 

3 cups or about 32 oz. plain low-fat yogurt
3 tiny pickling or Persian cucumbers finely chopped  
(avoid the big fat seeded cucumbers)
1 small onions finely chopped (better with sweet onions)
3 red radishes graded
10 pieces of walnuts crushed
1 fistful of red seedless raisins
10 leaves of fresh basil or mint or both chopped 
1 tablespoon of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
1 tablespoon of dried mint leaves crushed

How to make it:

Whisk the yogurt until smooth and soft
Add all the stuff to the yogurt & mix
Add one cup of crushed ice
Add 2 cups of cold water & mix again

Serve with dried pita bread

Enjoy & stay cool!

 

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