Tarhana Soup
Sample Dishes from Turkish Cuisine
Tarhana
Soup (Tarhana
Çorbası)
| Ingredients | Measure | Amount |
| Tarhana (dry) | ½ cup | 75 grams |
| Water | 6 cups | 1200 grams |
| Salt | 1 ½ teaspoons | 9 grams |
| Butter or margarine | 4 tablespoons | 40 grams |
| Mint | 1 1/2 tablespoons | 2 grams |
| Red pepper | ½ teaspoon | 1 gram |
Preparation
Dissolve tarhana
in water, add the salt and cook for 10 minutes. Melt butter or margarine, add
mint and red pepper and stir a few times and sprinkle over the soup.
Servings:
6
Nutritional
Value
(in approximately one serving)
| Energy | 88 cal |
| Protein | 1.5 g |
| Fat | 6.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 7.2 g |
| Calcium | 87 mg |
| Iron | 0.27 mg |
| Phosphorus | 2 mg |
| Zinc | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 593 mg |
| Vitamin A | 187 iu |
| Thiamine | - mg |
| Riboflavin | - mg |
| Niacin | 0.03 mg |
| Vitamin C | - mg |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
Notes
In some regions
while preparing the soup, pre-cooked chickpeas, pre-cooked dried white beans
or browned ground meat and green peppers are also added.