TURKISH YOGURT SOUP
in Turkish "Yayla Corbasi".
Ingredients
1 medium onion, finely chopped,
2 cups homemade chicken stock or water,
1/2 cup rice, soaked overnight/few hours,
2 cups plain yogurt,
salt and pepper,
1 egg,
2 Tbs butter,
half a lemon juice,
2 Tbs dried mint,crushed.
Saute the onion in the butter untill soft and golden.
Add the stock and simmer untill just below boiling point.
Add the drained rice and cook untill tender, add seasoning.
Beat the egg lightly add it to the yogurt and blend together well, then add a little warm stock to the yogurt and mix it.
Pour yogurt slowly into the stock, and stir over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
Serve with few drops of lemon juice and garnish with mint.
Shima
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