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Wheat berry and yogurt soup with squash

Whole recipeFrom: T.C. Osmaniye Valiliği İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü (Gül İnce), Osmaniye Yemekleri (2017)

Ingredients

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Cross-section

  1. Pounded wheat (dehulled wheat berries)33%
  2. Yogurt33%
  3. Zucchini33%
  4. Salt 1%

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Method

  1. The day before, leave the wheat berries to soak in salted water.

  2. Tip the wheat berries into boiling water and cook until soft. Ten minutes before you take the pot off the stove, stir in the chopped squash.

  3. Mix the squash thoroughly into the wheat berries with a spoon. Whisk the yogurt until it is thin enough to drink and pour it over the mixture. Serve lukewarm.

Where this recipe comes from

From a published work: quantities come from T.C. Osmaniye Valiliği İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü (Gül İnce), Osmaniye Yemekleri (2017); the method is written in our own words.

Last changed: November 1, 2026

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