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Abdoogh Khiar

Also known as: آب‌دوغ خیار

Cold cucumber-yogurt soup with fresh herbs, raisins and rose petals.

Abdoogh Khiar — illustrative food image

About Abdoogh Khiar

Abdoogh khiar is a Persian cold cucumber-and-yogurt soup served as an appetizer or light summer lunch in Iran. Homa’s version combines Persian cucumbers, low-fat yogurt, fresh herbs and raisins, with ice in each bowl.

Yogurt supplies a tangy dairy base. Chives and dill add fresh herbal notes, while summer savory gives a sharper accent and raisins bring small bursts of sweetness.

Finely diced cucumber and chopped herbs remain visible in the pale soup. Rose petals finish the surface, with optional toasted lavash offering crunch alongside the cool, fluid yogurt base.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk.

Optional additions: Wheat (gluten), Walnut.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Abdoogh Khiar

Homa’s Persian abdoogh khiar with fresh summer savory.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Persian cucumbers: . Broader cucumber identity; first Persian variety before English alternative.
  • Plain low-fat yogurt: . Broader dairy yogurt, plain low-fat form retained.
  • Fresh chives: . First chives before scallion greens.
  • Fresh dill: . Soup and required garnish uses consolidated.
  • Fresh summer savory: . First named fresh herb before Greek oregano or thyme substitutes.
  • Kosher salt: . Broader salt identity.
  • Raisins: . Cold rinsing explicitly included in water allocation; treatment unspecified.
  • Dried rose petals: . Required final garnish consolidated with optional mixed-in petals; first petals before rosewater alternative. Broader rose-petal identity, dried form retained.
  • Water: . Very cold soup water and explicit cold raisin rinsing consolidated.
  • Ice cubes: . Explicit final ice cubes served in each bowl.
  • Toasted lavash (optional): . Optional first traditional bread branch before flour-tortilla substitute. Purchased lavash formula unspecified; no own bread link.
  • Walnuts (optional): . Optional addition explicitly allowed in Homa’s September2020 reply; not part of the base card and no other reader variants imported.

Origins & food traditions

Homa describes abdoogh khiar as a popular Iranian summer appetizer and light lunch, traditionally accompanied by toasted lavash.

Countries

  • Iran
  • IranCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Abdoogh Khiar | Cold Cucumber and Yogurt Soup — Homa, Persian Mama