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Cizre meyre (wheat and yogurt soup with zucchini)

Serves 10Official

Ingredients

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Cross-section

  1. Water48%
  2. Yogurt32%
  3. Zucchini11%
  4. Pounded wheat (dehulled wheat berries)8%
  5. Salt 0%
  6. Dried pennyroyal 0%

Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.

Method

  1. Soak the cracked wheat overnight, rinse and drain.

  2. Put the wheat in a pot with the water over high heat and bring to a boil.

  3. Whisk the yogurt until smooth, add it to the boiling wheat and keep stirring.

    30 min

  4. Wash the zucchini, remove the seeds and cut into small cubes. Add to the pot with the salt and stir.

  5. After 60 minutes of cooking, add the pennyroyal. Keep stirring until the wheat is very soft. Serve hot or cold.

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Last changed: November 1, 2026

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