Chilled cucumber and yogurt soup
- Published: 31 Aug 11
- Updated: 7 Aug 24
This delicately flavoured soup recipe is a refreshing start to any Moroccan-inspired menu or perfect on its own.
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Serves 4
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Takes 10 minutes to make, plus chilling
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Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers, peeled and deseeded
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 500g Greek or thick natural yogurt
- Large handful of fresh mint, leaves picked
- Juice of ½ lemon
- Warm flatbreads and olive oil to serve
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Method
- Coarsely grate 1½ cucumbers and finely dice the rest. Put the grated cucumber in a colander over a bowl and chill for 10 minutes.
- Whisk the garlic and chilli into the yogurt and season well. Finely chop the mint, reserving some small leaves to use as a garnish, then stir into the yogurt.
- Squeeze the moisture from the grated cucumber, then add the cucumber to the yogurt with the lemon juice and enough water to bring the mixture to a soupy consistency (about 250ml). Whizz until smooth with a hand blender or liquidiser. Chill until ready to serve.
- Scatter the diced cucumber and reserved mint leaves over the top. Serve with warm flatbreads and a drizzle of olive oil.
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- Recipe from September 2011 Issue
Nutrition
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 140kcals
- Fat
- 7.8g (5.3g saturated)
- Protein
- 7.8g
- Carbohydrates
- 9.1g (8.8g sugars)
- Fibre
- 1.6g
- Salt
- 0.5g
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