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Akyurt cold soup with yoghurt, cracked wheat and pulses

Serves 8Official

Ingredients

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Cross-section

  1. Water39%
  2. Strained yogurt28%
  3. Milk11%
  4. Cracked hulled wheat (yarma)11%
  5. Chickpeas 6%
  6. White beans 6%
  7. Salt 1%

Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.

Method

  1. Wash the beans, chickpeas and cracked wheat in separate bowls and soak them the day before. Drain and rinse again the next day.

  2. Boil the beans and chickpeas in separate pots with their share of water. The beans take 20 minutes, the chickpeas 30 minutes in a pressure cooker.

    20 min
  3. Boil the cracked wheat in its own water in a separate pot for about 10 minutes. When all three lose their firmness, take them off the heat, strain them keeping the cooking liquids, and let them cool.

    10 min
  4. Combine the cooled cracked wheat, chickpeas and beans in a large pot and add the saved cooking liquids.

  5. Mix the yoghurt with the milk and salt in a bowl, add to the pot and stir everything together. Keep it in the fridge if not eating at once and serve cold.

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Last changed: November 1, 2026

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