Mazandaran ash-e torsh, legume soup with homemade noodles and yogurt
A traditional Mazandaran soup: chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, and beetroot cooked together, with pumpkin, herbs, garlic, and turmeric, all blende…
Ash-e torsh, or nettle soup, is prepared on the last Wednesday of the year: women in Mazandaran consider it a blessed soup. It includes seasonal flowers and herbs, and always nettles.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time40 min
- Cook time1 hr 30 min
- Resting12 hr
- Total14 hr 10 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodsaucepan
- Estimated cost$12.84 $2.14 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
noodles
- $0.80
Soup
- $0.22
- $0.46
- $0.17
- $0.75
- $1.29
- $7.00
- $1.33
- $0.63
- $0.08
- $0.11
Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Mix the flour with a little water and roll out the dough. ≈ 10 min
- To refine it, pass it from one hand to the other. ≈ 3 min
- Spread it out on a plate, dust it with flour, then fold it over itself, also dusting the underside with flour to prevent it from sticking. ≈ 4 min
- Cut it into thin strips using a knife. ≈ 8 min
- Cook together chickpeas, beans, lentils, beetroot, and broad beans.
- Add the chopped herbs, nettles, garlic, pumpkin, salt, and turmeric. ≈ 3 min
- Once everything is cooked, mix the yogurt with a little water and add it to the soup. ≈ 4 min
- Keep stirring constantly until it boils, to prevent the yogurt from separating.
- Add the noodles and cook until the soup thickens.
The bill
Mazandaran ash-e torsh, legume soup with homemade noodles and yogurt
- 500 g of wheat flour$0.80
- 50 g of beetroot$0.22
- 50 g of lentils$0.46
- 50 g of chickpeas$0.17
- 50 g of broad beans$0.75
- 100 g of pumpkin$1.29
- 100 g of cilantro$7.00
- 50 g of parsley$1.33
- 50 g of garlic$0.63
- 10 grams of salt$0.08
- 10 grams of turmeric$0.11
Total$12.84
that's $2.14 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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