DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Ayran Ashi
Also known as: Ayran aşı
Ardabil yogurt-and-rice soup with herbs, chickpeas and small beef meatballs.
About Ayran Ashi
Rozina names her Ardabil yogurt soup Ayran Ashi in Azerbaijani and Ash-e Doogh in Persian. This selected version includes rice, chickpeas and small beef meatballs, with the author’s chive option among the fresh herbs.
Plain yogurt gives the soup a tangy base. Coriander, parsley, dill, chives and dried mint provide a broad herbal character, with grated garlic adding a sharper aromatic note.
Rice and chickpeas give body to the yogurt liquid around the small meatballs. Rozina describes traditional bowl service and offers the soup warm in winter or cold in summer, with fresh bread as an optional accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ayran Ashi
Rozina’s traditional Ardabil Ayran Ashi with chickpeas and beef meatballs.
- Plain yogurtLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- EggBinder
- Cooked chickpeasBase
- RiceBase
- Ground beefProtein
- Grated onionAromatic
- Fresh corianderAromatic
- Fresh parsleyAromatic
- Fresh dillAromatic
- ChivesAromatic
- Plain wheat flourBinder
- GarlicAromatic
- Dried mintSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium · Optional mint garnish · Optional
- Fresh breadAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain yogurt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Milk species and additional product/culture formula unspecified
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- Cooked chickpeas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Chickpeas selected instead of white beans; cooked subrecipe not expanded
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader beef record; ground beef selected instead of lamb
- Grated onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh dill: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chives: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Author’s English chive option selected instead of spring-onion greens; native tareh wording may cover a different Allium and remains noted
- Plain wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Source standard plain flour retained; normal ingredient identity supports wheat, no substitute product selected
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed oil only given a use in the optional fried-mint garnish; plant source unspecified
- Fresh bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Broad standard bread record; exact loaf and additional ingredients unspecified
Origins & food traditions
The author explicitly identifies this as her Ardabil recipe in the Azerbaijani region of Iran.
Countries
- Iran
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- TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
- AzerbaijanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Iranian Azerbaijani Cuisine
- Azerbaijani CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Eastern Anatolian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Iranian Azerbaijani CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.