Cold Yogurt Soup With Pelted Wheat / Soğuk Çorba

This is the perfect soup for hot summer days. This soup frequently prepared at the middle and south regions of Turkey. Especially some big cities like Adana, Mersin, Sivas. Turkish people likes to runaway from the cities to plateaus and eat this delicious soup to fight the hot weather. People who aren't  as lucky as  them. ( as myself ). I just sit at my home in Ankara and eat this soup :)

Ingredients

1 cup chickpeas / boiled

1 cup pelted wheat / boiled

Bunch of spinach / chopped ( you can use chard or purslane too )

1,5 cup strained yogurt ( or 2 cups of regular yogurt )

5 - 6 cloves of garlic

Dried mint

Fresh mint leafs

Red pepper flakes

Salt

Cold water 

Directions

Steep pelted wheat and chickpeas in water for a night. ( or you can use canned wheat or chickpeas )

When they softened enough, boil them.

Boil the spinach for 15 minutes and strain the water from spinach. 

Pour the yogurt to a big bowl and whisk it. Add cold water until it reachs the right consistency 

Add chickpeas, pelted wheat, spinach, spices, fresh mint leafs and stir the soup nicely.

Add a little bit olive oil before serve.

 It's refreshing and filling. Better to serve  with grilled chicken and pasta .

I hope you enjoy my soup.