Cucumber soup

Cucumber soup

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A delicious cucumber soup, perfect for a light and refreshing meal.

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Discover this delicious cucumber soup, a simple and refreshing recipe that will bring you both coolness and enjoyment.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodpan, pot
  • Estimated cost$3.31 $0.83 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.79
  • $0.44
  • $1.39
  • $0.13
  • $0.44
  • $0.12

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the lentils for several hours, then pour them into a pot with the crushed wheat and 3 liters of water.
  2. Cook.
  3. Cut the meat into pieces and sauté it with chopped onion. ≈ 8 min
  4. Then, add 3 cups of water and let it simmer until the meat is cooked through.
  5. Once the liquid has reduced by half, you can add the cooked lentils and rice.
  6. Peel the cucumbers, cut them in half, and then remove the seeds. ≈ 8 min
  7. Slice the cucumbers thinly, like carrots. ≈ 8 min
  8. In a pan, heat up a small amount of oil paint.
  9. Keep returning the cucumber slices to the water until they are tender (without making them mushy).
  10. Dice 2 onions and the cloves of Allium sativum (garlic), then sauté them in oil with salt and pepper until they are golden brown. ≈ 8 min
  11. Also, separately, dry the mint leaves in a small amount of oil paint for about 1 minute, then set them aside.
  12. Add the cooked green beans, half a bowl of hot soup, and half a bowl of roasted onion to the pot. ≈ 3 min
  13. Once the ingredients are cooked and the soup has thickened, you can add salt, pepper, and kashk.
  14. Wait for 5 minutes, then remove the pot from the heat.
  15. Pour servir, place the stew in a dish and garnish with half of the fresh parsley, fried onions, kashk, and fresh parsley.

The bill

Cucumber soup

  • cucumber, 1 kilogram$0.79
  • 2 tablespoons of dried mint$0.44
  • green beans, 200 grams$1.39
  • wheat flour, 150 grams$0.13
  • 3 onions$0.44
  • 2 tablespoons of plain bread crumbs$0.12

Total$3.31

that's $0.83 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • cucumber, 1 kilogram
  • A plant
  • 2 tablespoons of dried mint
  • 1 glass of kashk
  • green beans, 200 grams
  • wheat flour, 150 grams
  • 3 onions
  • 2 tablespoons of plain bread crumbs
  • 200 g of meat
  • salt and pepper, to taste

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