DISH RESEARCH · Dish
Tarator
Also known as: Таратор
Chilled Bulgarian yogurt and cucumber soup with garlic, dill, walnuts and sunflower oil.
About Tarator
Tarator is Bulgaria's cold yogurt-and-cucumber soup, widely eaten as a cooling summer appetiser. This profile follows the Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism's walnut version with garlic, dill and sunflower oil.
Tangy yogurt and fresh cucumber make the soup bright and cooling. Garlic and dill add savoury herbal lift, sunflower oil rounds the body, and ground walnuts contribute a deep nutty finish.
The soup is pale and fluid but creamy, with small green cucumber and dill pieces suspended throughout. Ground walnuts add fine texture on the surface, while the chilled base remains light enough to drink or spoon.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Walnut.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Tarator
Bulgaria Ministry of Tourism's Walnut Tarator.
- Plain yogurtTangy creamy soup base
- CucumbersFresh cooling body
- GarlicSavoury aromatic
- Fresh dillHerbal freshness
- Ground walnutsNutty finish and fine texture
- Sunflower oilRounded richness
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterSoup consistency
- Black pepperOptional peppery seasoning · Optional seasoning · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain yogurt:
- Cucumbers:
- Garlic:
- Fresh dill:
- Ground walnuts:
- Sunflower oil:
- Salt:
- Water:
- Black pepper (optional):
Origins & food traditions
Visit Bulgaria publishes the Ministry of Tourism's complete tarator recipe with yogurt, cucumber, garlic, dill, walnuts, sunflower oil, salt and water, while marking black pepper optional. Euronews independently identifies Bulgarian summer tarator as cold cucumber soup with yogurt, dill, crushed walnuts and spices. This profile retains the official walnut version and does not merge lettuce, pickle or older vinegar-and-water variants.
Countries
- Bulgaria
- BulgariaCatalogue link pending review
- North MacedoniaCatalogue link pending review
- AlbaniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bulgarian Cuisine
- Balkan Cuisine
- Albanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bulgarian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- North Macedonian CuisineCatalogue link pending review