Doogh

Name: Doogh
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Persian
Ingredients: 500 g plain whole-milk yogurt; 500 ml very cold water or sparkling water; 1 tsp dried mint; ½ tsp salt, or to taste; ice cubes and dried rose petals to serve (optional)

Minted yogurt drink · دوغ

5 min Prep
0 min Cook
4 Servings
Easy

A cold, salty, minty yogurt drink, still or sparkling: the classic partner to kabobs and rice.

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Doogh is the drink of the Persian table, poured with kabobs, chelow and abgoosht. It is simply yogurt thinned with water, seasoned with salt and dried mint, and served very cold.

Bottled sparkling doogh is everywhere in Iran; at home you can make it fizzy with chilled sparkling water.

Ingredients

Servings 4

500 g plain whole-milk yogurt (1.1 lb)
500 ml very cold water or sparkling water (2 cups)
1 tsp dried mint
½ tsp salt, or to taste
ice cubes and dried rose petals to serve (optional)

Instructions

Whisk the yogurt until smooth. If using still water, whisk it in gradually; if using sparkling water, add it last and stir gently so it keeps its fizz.
Crush the dried mint between your palms into the jug and season with salt.
Chill for at least 30 minutes so the mint infuses, stir, and serve over ice, sprinkled with rose petals.

Tips & variations

A few slices of cucumber or a pinch of dried pennyroyal (puneh) add a different freshness.

Where to buy the ingredients

Persian grocers carry the saffron, dried herbs, spices and long-grain rice that Persian cooking depends on:

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