Dograma

Name: Dograma
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Azerbaijani
Ingredients: 1 litre ayran, or plain yogurt thinned with cold water; 2 cucumbers, finely diced; 2 potatoes, boiled and diced; 4 spring onions, chopped; 1 bunch dill, plus coriander and mint, chopped; 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (optional); Salt

Doğrama/doh-rah-MAH/

Also known as: Doghrama, Azerbaijani Cold Yogurt Soup

About this dish

A cooling summer soup of ayran (thinned yogurt) with cucumber, spring onion, dill and boiled potato.

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Ingredients

🥛1 litre ayran, or plain yogurt thinned with cold water

🥒2 cucumbers, finely diced

🥔2 potatoes, boiled and diced

🧅4 spring onions, chopped

🌿1 bunch dill, plus coriander and mint, chopped

🥚2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped (optional)

🧂Salt

Method

Serves 2

Chill the ayran well. If using yogurt, whisk it with cold water to the thickness of single cream.

Combine the cucumber, potato, spring onion and herbs in a bowl.

Pour the ayran over, add the egg if using, and season with salt.

Chill for 30 minutes so the flavours mingle.

Serve very cold, with ice cubes on hot days.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Doğrama is Azerbaijan's classic hot-weather soup; the name means 'chopped', after the finely diced vegetables and herbs.

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