List of yogurt-based dishes and beverages facts for kids
This article lists many yummy foods and drinks made with yogurt. Yogurt is a creamy food created when tiny living things called bacteria change milk. These special bacteria are called "yogurt cultures." They eat the natural sugar in milk, called lactose. When they do this, they make something called lactic acid. This acid makes the milk thick and gives yogurt its special tangy taste.
Most yogurt around the world is made from cow's milk. But people also use milk from other animals like water buffalo, goats, ewes, mares (horses), camels, and yaks to make yogurt in different places.
Yogurt Dishes
Yogurt is used in many tasty dishes around the world. Here are some examples:
- Churri – A spicy side dish from India.
- Çılbır – A Turkish egg dish often served with yogurt.
- Jameed – A type of hard, dried yogurt from Jordan, used in cooking.
- Mansaf – A famous dish from the Middle East, with meat cooked in a yogurt sauce.
- Kashk – A fermented milk product used in Middle Eastern cooking.
- Kibbeh Labanie – A Middle Eastern dish with meatballs in a yogurt sauce.
- Mishti Doi – A sweet yogurt from India.
- Shrikhand – A sweet Indian dessert made from strained yogurt.
- Tavë kosi – A delicious Albanian dish of lamb and rice baked with a yogurt sauce.
- Zhoixo – A traditional dish from Tibet.
Yogurt Soups
Yogurt is also a key ingredient in many refreshing and hearty soups.
- Ash-e doogh – A thick yogurt soup from Iran.
- Spas – An Armenian soup made with yogurt (matzoon), wheat berries, and herbs.
- Tzatziki – A cold sauce or dip from Greece and Turkey, made with yogurt, cucumber, and garlic. It can also be a light soup.
- Dovga – A traditional Azerbaijani yogurt soup.
- Tarator – A cold yogurt soup from Bulgaria, often made with cucumbers and garlic.
- Toyga soup – A Turkish yogurt soup.
- Shakriya – A stew from the Middle East, often made with lamb or beef in a yogurt sauce.
- Yayla çorbası – Another popular Turkish yogurt soup.
- Okroshka – A cold Russian soup that sometimes uses kefir, a fermented milk drink, as its base.
- Tarhana soup – A Cypriot soup made from sun-dried dough of cracked wheat and yogurt. It's also found in other countries.
Yogurt Condiments and Dips
Yogurt is perfect for making tasty sauces and dips that go with many meals.
- Dahi chutney – An Indian sauce made with yogurt.
- Greek yogurt or Labneh – Yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, making it thicker and creamier.
- Perugu Pachadi – A yogurt-based side dish from South India.
- Raita – An Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi yogurt side dish. It can be sweet or savory and often has vegetables or spices.
- Tzatziki – A popular Greek yogurt dip, also used as a sauce.
Yogurt Drinks
Many refreshing drinks are made with yogurt, perfect for hot days or with a meal.
- Acidophiline – A fermented milk drink.
- Ayran – A cold yogurt drink popular in Turkey and other Turkic countries.
- Borhani – A Bangladeshi yogurt drink mixed with spices like coriander, mustard seeds, and mint.
- Chaas – A savory Indian buttermilk drink.
- Chal – A fermented camel milk drink.
- Dhallë – A thinned yogurt drink from Albania.
- Doogh – An Iranian cold yogurt drink, sometimes with mint or sparkling water.
- Lassi – A thick, cold yogurt drink from India. It can be savory, sweet, or mixed with fruit.
- Leben – A fermented dairy product common in the Middle East.
- Mattha – A traditional Indian drink made from buttermilk.
- Matzoon – An Armenian cold yogurt drink.
- Nai lao – A type of yogurt from China.
- Omaere – A traditional drink from Namibia.
- Qatiq – A fermented milk product from Central Asia.
- Ryazhenka – A traditional Ukrainian and Russian fermented baked milk product.
- Stewler – A fermented milk drink.
- Isgelen tarag – A traditional Mongolian yogurt drink.
- Yakult – A popular Japanese probiotic dairy drink.
Gallery
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Jameed is a type of dried yogurt from Jordan.
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Kurdish women preparing kashk in a village in Turkey.
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Raita with cucumber and mint, a refreshing Indian side dish.
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Tzatziki is a popular Greek yogurt dip.
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Ash-e doogh is a thick Iranian yogurt soup.
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Lassi in an earthenware drinking vessel in India.
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Toyga soup is a traditional Turkish yogurt soup.
See also
- Fermented milk products
- List of dairy products
- List of fermented foods
- Lists of prepared foods
