Toyga Soup
(Toyga Corbasi)

1 cup chickpeas, in can, washed and drained
1 cup water
1/4 cup spinach, frozen
1 garlic clove, mashed with salt
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
Sauce:
1 cup yogurt
1 cup water
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp flour
Garnish:
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp dry mint
Cook the chickpeas with water in a medium pot for about 5 minutes. Whisk the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Take a few spoons of liquid from the pot and mix into the bowl. Then slowly pour the mixture into the pot while stirring very slowly. Cook for 15 minutes over medium-low heat. Add the spinach, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper, then stir and turn the heat off.
Place the butter in a frying pan. When it begins spitting, stir in the mint and pour into your soup.
4 servings.


9 Comments:
Hello Binnur, this sounds really lovely. However, canned chickpeas are not available in Hungary. Can you tell me how much uncooked chickpeas I need for this recipe?
Thank you! I have everything at home right now, will try tomorrow! :-P
Hi Tgyorgyi,
I think 1/2 cup uncooked chickpeas would be the same amount:)
Enjoy it!
This soup is wonderful. I had to use canned chickpeas, so I decided to make this soup. We are a little picky soup eaters, but this soup is definitely good. Thanks so much for the recipe.
what does Toyga mean?
Toyga is the name of a village of the town of Çatak in the Van province in Turkey.
I make something similar, probably Armenian, but it uses fine bulgar as a thickener instead of the flour.
How long would uncooked chickpeas need to cook for in this recipe? I love chickpeas but never cook with them because they always seem to stay hard!
Hi,
Dried chickpeas (or kidney beans) should be soaked overnight and boiled until they are a bit softer (easy to bite) and drained. I can't give
you the exact time for this because it depends on the variety of chickpeas. Some cook for a shorter period of time, some don't. Then, cook the softened chickpeas with water for about 5 minutes (in this recipe) then follow the recipe:)
Take care,
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