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Doogh
Salted yogurt drink
Doogh: fizzy Persian yogurt drink with dried mint
Doogh is the salty, fizzy yogurt drink served in tall glasses with lunch across Iran, and above all with kebab and rice at the chelow-kababi restaurants of Tehran. Bottled sparkling doogh from the mineral springs of Abali, in the mountains east of the capital, is the famous one; at home it is mixed from yogurt, cold water and soda water with crumbled dried mint, and sometimes wild pennyroyal (kakuti) or rose petals. Its bubbles and mint set it apart from plainer, still yogurt drinks. It is cooling and good with rich, herby food. Chef's tip: add the sparkling water last and stir gently, or the fizz disappears before it reaches the glass.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 10 ½ oz plain yogurtfull fat, cold
- 1 ¼ cups cold water
- 1 ¼ cups sparkling waterchilled
- 1 tsp dried mintplus extra to serve
- ½ tsp salt
- 8 ice cubes
- 1 tsp dried rose petals (optional)food grade, or a pinch of dried pennyroyal
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Whisk 10 ½ oz plain yogurt with 1 ¼ cups cold water and ½ tsp salt in a jug until completely smooth, with no lumps.
Step 2: Crumble in 1 tsp dried mint between your palms and stir.
Step 3: Pour in 1 ¼ cups sparkling water slowly down the side of the jug and stir just twice. The common mistake is whisking after the soda goes in, which knocks out all the bubbles.
Step 4: Pour over 8 ice cubes in tall glasses, sprinkle a little more mint and 1 tsp dried rose petals on top and drink straight away.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 60 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 3 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does doogh take?
- About 5 minutes in total.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of plain yogurt?
- Sour cream or buttermilk, same amount.
- What can I use instead of dried mint?
- Fresh coriander, same amount (different but just as fresh).
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