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Dovga Azeri (warm yogurt soup)

• Anna Ansari

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Serves 4 - 6

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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This is a warm yogurt soup from Azerbaijan. It’s weird and wonderful, and kind of a game-changer

Gluten free

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This Azeri yogurt soup also happens to be a wedding soup. How’s that for refined and special? And, while it can be and sometimes is eaten cold, dovga’s default temperature is warm. You read that correctly.

Recipe extracted from Silk Roads: A Flavour Odyssey with Recipes from Baku to Beijing by Anna Ansari, out 9 October (£27, DK RED). Recipes are sent by the publisher and not retested by us.

Dovga Azeri (warm yogurt soup) recipe

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 750g full-fat plain yogurt

• 1 egg

  beaten

• 1 tbsp chickpea flour or plain flour (use chickpea flour to make this gluten-free)

• 70-100g risotto rice

• 80g spinach

  chopped

• 75g fresh mixed herbs, chopped (such as dill, parsley, chives, coriander, tarragon and mint – if using the final two, discard their stems)

  plus extra to serve

• 400g can of chickpeas

  drained and rinsed

• dried chilli flakes

  to serve (optional)

Nutrition: per serving (6)

• kcal219
• fat6g
• saturates3g
• carbs26g
• sugars10g
• fibre3g
• protein13g
• salt0.4g

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Method

• step 1

  In a medium heavy-based pan, whisk together the yogurt, egg, flour and rice. Put the pan over a medium heat and gradually add 950ml of water. Stir constantly (otherwise the yogurt will curdle and split) for 10-15 mins until the mixture comes to a gentle boil.

• step 2

  Once the mixture is bubbling, reduce the heat to low and add the spinach, herbs and chickpeas. Let the soup simmer for 15 mins, stirring frequently, or until the rice is cooked through.

• step 3

  Don’t add salt or pepper to the soup until you’re about to eat it, as the salt could cause the yogurt to curdle. Enjoy warm or cold, topped with salt and pepper to taste, some more fresh herbs and chilli flakes.

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Anna Ansari

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