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Ach-e zerechk, Persian soup with thorny vines

Ach-e zerechk, Persian soup with thorny vines

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The Khorasan soup: a thick soup made with rice, split peas, and herbs, seasoned with rowan berry juice, and garnished with fried onions and mint oil.

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Recipe from Roozitaa, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This dish, a thick soup from Iranian cuisine, is a specialty of Northern Khorasan. Rice, split peas, and a generous amount of herbs are cooked for a long time, and then the rowan berry juice gives it its characteristic acidity. It is typically served with fried onions and mint oil.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time1 hr 10 min
  • Total1 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$25.36 $6.34 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 12, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.09
  • $0.22
  • $22.28
  • $0.57
  • $0.19
  • $0.66
  • $0.25
  • $0.10

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Sort, wash, and chop the herbs. ≈ 8 min
  2. Cook the herbs, rice, and split peas in the water until the rice is very soft and the soup is thick.
  3. Finely chop the onions and sauté them in 3 tablespoons of oil.
  4. Pour the the elderflower cordial into the soup, then add the fried onion, turmeric, salt, and pepper.
  5. Add a small amount of ground cumin. ≈ 3 min
  6. Heat the dried mint for a few seconds in the remaining oil, then pour it over the soup just before serving.

The bill

Ach-e zerechk, Persian soup with thorny vines

  • 375 g of rice$1.09
  • 75 g of yellow split peas$0.22
  • 1 kg of fresh herbs: chives, parsley, fenugreek, and spinach$22.28
  • 275 g of onion$0.57
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric$0.19
  • 3 tablespoons of dried mint$0.66
  • 4 tablespoons of oil$0.25
  • salt, pepper$0.10

Total$25.36

that's $6.34 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 375 g of rice
  • 75 g of yellow split peas
  • 1 kg of fresh herbs: chives, parsley, fenugreek, and spinach
  • 1 liter of water
  • 750 ml of hawthorn juice
  • 275 g of onion
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric
  • 1 pinch of golpar (Persian spice)
  • 3 tablespoons of dried mint
  • 4 tablespoons of oil
  • salt, pepper

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