Ash-e kashgineh, Lorestan soup with bulgur patties and kashk

Ash-e kashgineh, Lorestan soup with bulgur patties and kashk

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An Ash of Lorestan: Chickpeas, lentils, and dried beans cooked with kashgineh, a type of bulgur flatbread made with kashk (a type of fermented dairy produ…

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Kashgineh, also known as tarkhineh, is prepared in advance: the bulgur is cooked in kashk (a fermented dairy product) with mountain herbs, and then dried into flat cakes. This gives the soup from the Lorestan region its characteristic sour taste.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time2 hr 30 min
  • Resting24 hr
  • Total27 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

6 people

Kashgineh (or 500g of dried kashgineh)

  • $2.08

Soup

  • $0.69
  • $2.46
  • $0.48
  • $0.40
  • $0.25

Directions

  1. For the kashgineh, cook the bulgur, kashk (or doogh), and herbs together until the bulgur has absorbed all the liquid and is firm; form into patties and let them dry.
  2. The day before, soak the chickpeas and beans.
  3. Drain them and cook them in water.
  4. Add the lentils and the kashgineh. ≈ 3 min
  5. When the kashgineh is ready, add the fried onions mixed with turmeric, salt, and pepper, and cook for another hour.
  6. Add the chopped herbs and continue to cook for another hour, until the soup has thickened.
  7. Serve with fried onions and fried mint.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of bulgur
  • 1 glass of kashk (or 3 glasses of doogh)
  • 1 tablespoon of dried mountain herbs
  • One serving of mixed chickpea and bean mixture
  • Three-quarters of a cup of lentils
  • 500 g of ash herbs
  • 1/2 cup of fried onions
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric
  • salt, pepper
  • a small amount of dried mint, fried

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