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Ash-e yirtikhli, Urmia soup with cabbage, bulgur, rice and beans

Ash-e yirtikhli, Urmia soup with cabbage, bulgur, rice and beans

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A thick Ourmia soup: white cabbage, bulgur, and rice cooked on a base of fried onions, followed by kidney beans and chickpeas, mint, tomato concentrate, a…

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

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Yirtikhli, also known as cabbage or turnip greens, is a specialty of Orumiyeh, in Iranian Azerbaijan. The verjuice (abghooreh) gives it its acidity: add it to taste.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time1 hr 15 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$5.37 $0.90 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.04
  • $2.61
  • $0.73
  • $0.21
  • $0.25
  • $0.04
  • $0.16
  • $0.33

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

Directions

  1. Finely chop the onion and sauté it in a little oil with pepper and any other spices you like.
  2. Fill a large pot with water, about three-quarters full, add the bulgur, and bring to a boil.
  3. Chop the cabbage into medium-sized pieces, add it along with the salt, and cook until it is about half-tender.
  4. Add the rinsed rice and the mint. ≈ 3 min
  5. Once the soup has thickened, add the beans, chickpeas, tomato paste, and verjus. Taste and adjust the acidity as needed.
  6. Let it simmer until the soup has thickened, then serve.

The bill

Ash-e yirtikhli, Urmia soup with cabbage, bulgur, rice and beans

  • Half of a medium-sized white cabbage$1.04
  • 1 cup of bulgur$2.61
  • 1 cup of rice$0.73
  • 1 onion$0.21
  • oil$0.25
  • salt and pepper$0.04
  • 1 tablespoon of tomato paste$0.16
  • 1.5 tablespoons of fresh or dried mint$0.33

Total$5.37

that's $0.90 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • Half of a medium-sized white cabbage
  • 1 cup of bulgur
  • 1 cup of rice
  • Cooked kidney beans and chickpeas, all you can eat
  • 1 onion
  • oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
  • Verjus (a type of grape juice), to your liking.
  • 1.5 tablespoons of fresh or dried mint

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