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Spas
Also known as: Սպաս
Armenian tangy yogurt soup thickened with egg and flour and studded with wheat groats.
About Spas
Spas is an Armenian yogurt soup served warm in cold weather or chilled in summer. This profile follows Armenian cook Heghineh's wheat-groat version, finished with butter, spring onion and cilantro.
Plain yogurt gives the soup its clean tang, rounded by butter and the mild savoury sweetness of spring onion. Wheat groats add a gentle nutty flavour, while cilantro brings a fresh herbal finish.
The soup is pale and creamy but pourable, with tender wheat grains suspended throughout and small green flecks of onion and cilantro. Constant stirring keeps the yogurt base smooth rather than curdled.
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 Spas
Heghineh's Armenian Spas with Wheat Groats, Butter and Cilantro.
- Plain yogurtTangy soup base
- EggYogurt-base stabiliser
- All-purpose wheat flourSoup thickener
- Wheat groatsTender grain
- Boiling waterSoup liquid
- Unsalted butterRich onion finish
- Spring onionsMild savoury finish
- Fresh cilantroFresh herb finish
- SaltSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain yogurt: . The recipe permits plain or strained yogurt; this profile fixes plain yogurt, whose supplier formulation is not supplied
- Egg:
- All-purpose wheat flour:
- Wheat groats: . The source specifies wheat groats; the broader established wheat route is used while retaining the exact groat form
- Boiling water:
- Unsalted butter: . The recipe permits butter or vegetable oil; this profile fixes unsalted butter
- Spring onions:
- Fresh cilantro: . The recipe permits cilantro or mint; this profile fixes fresh cilantro
- Salt:
Origins & food traditions
Armenian cook Heghineh supplies the complete selected Spas recipe and documents its rice-or-wheat, butter-or-oil and cilantro-or-mint choices. Armenian History independently identifies Spas as a traditional Armenian yogurt soup based on fermented dairy, wheat and herbs.
Countries
- Armenia
- ArmeniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Armenian Cuisine
- Armenian CuisineCatalogue link pending review