🥙 Middle Eastern

Yogurt Soup

Name: Yogurt Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 500 g Yogurt; to taste Salt; 1, diced Onion; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; 1 Lemon; 1 tbsp Olive Oil; 1/2 tsp Ground Cumin; small handful Fresh Parsley; 1 litre Stock or Broth

🥙 Middle Eastern

Gentle simmered yogurt in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the middle eastern answer to "something light tonight". Ready in 35 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 25 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Yogurt500 g
Saltto taste
Onion1, diced
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Lemon1
Olive Oil1 tbsp
Ground Cumin1/2 tsp
Fresh Parsleysmall handful
Stock or Broth1 litre

Instructions

1
Sweat the onion in the Olive Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the garlic and ground cumin and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the yogurt.
4
Simmer gently until the yogurt is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh parsley and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lemon just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Labniyya لبنية – Authentic Lebanese Yogurt Grains Cold Soup | Traditional Village Recipe · on YouTube