TARHANA SOUP
Tarhana soup is a tasty, comforting winter soup and is one of the most famous Turkish recipes. It's
also eaten in places such as Cyprus (where it's a speciality), Greece and the Balkans. Recipes for
tarhana dough vary.
Ingredients
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2 dessert spoonfuls hydrated tarhana dough
3 mugs hot water or stock
2 dessert spoonfuls salça (tomato paste)
1 knob butter
Instructions
1. Rehydrate your tarhana dough by placing it in a coffee mug and filling the mug with tepid water.
Stir occasionally and leave it to rehydrate for a couple of hours.
2. In a large pan, melt a knob of butter on a medium heat.
3. Now pour your rehydrated tarhana and add the salça.
4. Stir around until the salça has dissolved into the mixture.
5. Now ladle your hot water or stock into the tarhana soup, gradually, stirring all the time so that the
tarhana doesn't settle and stick to the bottom of the pan.
6. Your tarhana soup will keep thickening as it heats.
7. Once it's heated through, serve your tarhana soup with chunks of fresh Turkish bread.