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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Toyga Soup

(Toyga Corbasi)

Toyga Soup
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:

At 3:59 AM, Blogger tgyorgyi said...

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?

 
At 3:07 PM, Blogger tgyorgyi said...

Thank you! I have everything at home right now, will try tomorrow! :-P

 
At 4:17 PM, Blogger Binnur said...

Hi Tgyorgyi,
I think 1/2 cup uncooked chickpeas would be the same amount:)
Enjoy it!

 
At 9:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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.

 
At 8:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

what does Toyga mean?

 
At 2:47 PM, Blogger Binnur said...

Toyga is the name of a village of the town of Çatak in the Van province in Turkey.

 
At 10:35 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I make something similar, probably Armenian, but it uses fine bulgar as a thickener instead of the flour.

 
At 12:52 PM, OpenID yabanciinturkey said...

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!

 
At 1:58 PM, Blogger Binnur said...

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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