DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Dovga
Also known as: Dovğa
Yogurt soup with rice, fresh herbs and optional chickpeas.
About Dovga
Feride Buyuran’s dovgha is an Azerbaijani yogurt soup with rice and fresh herbs. This version follows the plain-yogurt base, with chickpeas retained as an optional addition.
Cilantro and dill lead the herbal flavour, while mint and the other secondary greens can vary. The yogurt gives a gently sour, creamy character, with black pepper an optional finish.
Tender rice and chickpeas sit within a thick, refreshing soup. It is served at room temperature or chilled in individual bowls, with pieces of bread alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Dovga
Feride Buyuran’s Azerbaijani dovgha with herbs and optional chickpeas.
- Dried chickpeasBase · Optional
- Fresh cilantroAromatic
- Fresh dillAromatic
- Fresh spinachAromatic · Optional
- Fresh green garlic leavesAromatic · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Fresh mintAromatic · Optional
- Fresh parsleyAromatic · Optional
- Plain yogurtBase
- WaterLiquid
- All-purpose flourBinder
- EggBinder
- Medium-grain riceBase
- SaltSeasoning
- Ground black pepperFinish · Optional
- BreadAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried chickpeas (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Dried/soaked alternative instead of canned; omittable.
- Fresh cilantro: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh dill: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh spinach (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Secondary herb explicitly omittable.
- Fresh green garlic leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Seasonal leaves only; exact candidate absent.
- Fresh mint (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Secondary herb omittable, though author recommends retaining.
- Fresh parsley (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected instead of celery leaves; secondary herb.
- Plain yogurt: Milk
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Base, explicit chickpea soaking/boiling and conditional thinning.
- All-purpose flour: Wheat (gluten)
- Egg: Egg
- Medium-grain rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader rice link, medium-grain form retained.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground black pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader black-pepper link.
- Bread: Wheat (gluten). Source always serves bread, full formula unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Azerbaijan
- AzerbaijanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Azerbaijani Cuisine
- Azerbaijani CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.