Yayla çorbasi ('highland soup'), also known as ('yogurt soup'), is a
Turkish yogurt soup cooked with a variety of herbs (
mint
Mint or The Mint may refer to:
Plants
* Lamiaceae, the mint family
** ''Mentha'', the genus of plants commonly known as "mint"
Coins and collectibles
* Mint (facility), a facility for manufacturing coins
* Mint condition, a state of like-new ...
,
purslane,
parsley
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and others),
rice
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, and (sometimes)
chickpea
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of the family (biology), family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram," Bengal gram, ga ...
s. Variations of it occur throughout the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
.
Boushala is an
Iraqi variant of yogurt soup that is much creamier than yayla çorbsası, which is prepared with an assortment of herbs,
swiss chard, cilantro and rice with a strong dill flavor.
See also
*
Ash-e doogh, a similar Iranian soup
*
Tarator
Tzatziki (, , ), also known as ''cacık'' () or ''tarator'', is a class of dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeastern Europe and West Asia. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, sa ...
*
Toyga soup
Toyga ( or ) is a national meal of Turkish cuisine. It is a yogurt soup cooked with a variety of herbs (mentha and others), wheat and (sometimes) chickpea
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of t ...
*
Dovga
*
List of soups
*
List of yogurt-based dishes and beverages
References
Turkish soups
Turkish vegetarian cuisine
Iraqi cuisine
Iranian soups
Vegetarian dishes of Iran
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