Yayla Soup with Chickpeas (with photo)

[farfallina]

I am posting Yayla Soup recipe as I promised to Carolyn. It's a soup which is made with yogurt. It's very well-known in Turkish cuisine. In common traditional recipe there are not chickpeas. When I cook it again I post the recipe also for the more common one.
I hope you like it

Yayla Soup with Chickpeas:

Ingredients:
600g yogurt
25g flour
1 egg
60g rice
1250gr water (450+800)
200g cooked chickpeas (I used canned)
20g TM stock
Salt
Black pepper

50g margarine or butter
1 dessert spoon paprika
1 dessert spoon dried mint


Preparation:

Blend yogurt, flour and egg for 30sn on Speed 5. Set aside
Put rice and 450g water in the TM bowl. Cook for 15 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Soft Speed
Add chickpeas, TM stock and 800g water. Add also salt and black pepper. Cook for 15 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/Speed 1
Add 2-3 laddles of soup to the yogurt mixture which you previously set aside.  And mix with hand beater.
Start TM again for 15 minutes at 100°C on Reverse/ Speed 2. In the meantime pour down yogurt mixture through the hole of TM lid and after that speed down to Reverse/ Speed 1.

Melt margarine in a pan. Add paprika and dried mint as soon as it melts and turn the flame off.
Dress every plate with 1 or 2 tbsp of sauce.


Photos: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2010/01/yayla-corbas.html

Members' comments

SydneyMama - Good news! I made this successfully tonight. I enjoyed it so much, thanks again. I added some Sumac to the paprika and mint, it worked beautifully.

[CreamPuff63]

I will have to give this soup a try too. I honestly can't keep up with you farfallina as you are a dynamo, and you say you have only two people to feed - you either have to invite lots of people around all the time to eat all the food or your freezer must be stocked to capacity 

[farfallina]

You made me laugh too much! 

It's true that we are only 2, just me and my husband! When I registered here I already had a blog with some recipes so what I did so far is just to translate some.

Another reason is.... there are so many recipes around... books, magazines and of course internet. It's a shame not to take advantage of them. I always try to make different recipes. Surely when I have guests I make my fail-safe ones which I already tried several times. Otherwise, every time I cook I try new recipes on my husband! That's the trick I guess 

[Thermomixer]

I second that farfallina.  You are doing a great job with all the recipes.

The idea of adding flour and egg to the yoghurt is something for people to take note of.  It stablises the yoghurt so that it can be cooked.  If you are thinking of leaving out the flour you will fail - the yoghurt will split.

Thanks again.  very intersting idea and like the yoghurt & mint combination. xxx (forget we had emoticons  )

[farfallina]

Yogurt and dried mint match very nice for my palate and also for the ancestors of Turkish kitchen I guess given the fact that it is a traditional recipe

[SydneyMama]

Merhaba Farfallina!

OMg OMG thank you soooo much. I'm going to make this tomorrow. I cannot wait you are fantastic thank you again.

[SydneyMama]

Good news! I made this successfully tonight. I enjoyed it so much, thanks again.

I added some Sumac to the paprika and mint, it worked beautifully. Here is a photo I took with my phone.

[SydneyMama]

[farfallina]

It looks gorgeous! Thank you for the photo. I am happy you liked it.
Sumac is a good idea by the way! 

[SydneyMama]

Can't wait to try your other recipes Farfallina. I sent an email to my aunt and uncle in Antalya to tell them about my Yayla efforts. Even my fussy fussy 2 yr old loved it.

[farfallina]

You can invite them over some day

[Thermomixer]

Het Sydneymama that is good work.  Looks good