This is a list of yogurt-based dishes and beverages.

Yogurt Yogurt (; , from tr, yoğurt, also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as ''yogurt cultures''. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bac ...

is a food produced by

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometr ...

l fermentation of

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modula ...

. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as "yogurt cultures". Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces

lactic acid Lactic acid is an organic acid. It has a molecular formula . It is white in the solid state and it is miscible with water. When in the dissolved state, it forms a colorless solution. Production includes both artificial synthesis as well as nat ...

, which acts on milk

protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, res ...

to give yogurt its

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and its characteristic tang. Worldwide, cow's milk, the protein of which is mainly

casein Casein ( , from Latin ''caseus'' "cheese") is a family of related phosphoproteins ( αS1, aS2, β, κ) that are commonly found in mammalian milk, comprising about 80% of the proteins in cow's milk and between 20% and 60% of the proteins in hum ...

, is most commonly used to make yogurt. Milk from

water buffalo The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also found in Europe, Australia, North America, So ...

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

s, ewes,

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s, camels, and yaks is also used to produce yogurt in various parts of the world.

Dishes

* Churri – a spicy Indian side dish * Çılbır – Turkish egg dish * Jameed – Jordanian yogurt strained cheese * * Labanie * * *

Soups

* Ash-e doogh – Iranian Azerbaijani thick yogurt soup *

Cacık Tzatziki ( el, τζατζίκι), also known as tarator or cacık (), is a dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeast Europe and the Middle East. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garli ...

– cold yogurt soup from Turkey * Dovga – Azeribijani yogurt soup *

Tarator Tzatziki ( el, τζατζίκι), also known as tarator or cacık (), is a dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeast Europe and the Middle East. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, gar ...

– Bulgarian cold yogurt soup with cucumbers and garlic * Toyga soup – Turkish yogurt soup * Shakriya – Levantine stew with lamb or beef. * Yayla çorbası – Turkish yogurt soup *

Okroshka Okróshka (russian: окро́шка) is a cold soup of Russian origin and probably originated in the Volga region. The classic soup is a mix of mostly raw vegetables (like cucumbers, radishes and spring onions), boiled potatoes, eggs, cooked ...

– Russian soup sometimes based on

kefir Kefir ( ; also spelled as kephir or kefier; ; ; ) is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or ayran that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. The drink originated in the North Caucasus, in p ...

* Trahanas – Cypriot soup made of sun-dried dough of cracked wheat and yogurt (for Turkish/Anatolian version see Tarhana).

Condiments

Dahi chutney Dahi chutney is strained dahi that is mixed into a chutney of mint and onions, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is popular in South India and is a side dish along with ''mirchi ka salan'' for the popular Hyderabadi biryani. Ingre ...

* Greek yogurt or Labneh – strained yogurt * Perugu Pachadi *

Raita Raita is a side dish in Indian cuisine made of dahi (yogurt, often referred to as curd) together with raw or cooked vegetables, more seldom fruit, or in the case of boondi raita, with fried droplets of batter made from besan ( chickpea flour, ...

– Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi yogurt side dish that can be sweet or savory * Tzatziki – Greek yogurt dip

Beverages

* * , cold yogurt beverage of Turkic origin * – Bangladeshi curd drink mixed with coriander, mustard seeds, mint and other spices * * * , Iranian cold yogurt beverage, sometimes with mint or sparkling water * , Indian thick, cold yogurt beverage, can be savory or sweet or mixed with fruit * * * , Armenian cold yogurt beverage * * * * * *

Gallery

File:Jameed.JPG, Jameed File:Kesk-meledi1.jpg, Kurdish women preparing

kashk Kashk ( fa, کشک ''Kašk'', ku, keşk), qurut ( Tuvan and ky, курут, kk, құрт, tk, gurt, uz, qurt, az, qurut, ps, قروت, hy, չորթան-''chortan'', Turkish: ''kurut'') or aaruul and khuruud ( Mongolian: ''ааруул' ...

in a village at Turkey File:Raita with cucumber and mint.jpg,

with cucumber and mint File:Tzatziki salade.JPG, Tzatziki File:Ash-e-doogh.jpg, Ash-e doogh File:Lassi in Varanasi.jpg, Lassi in an earthenware drinking vessel File:Toyga.jpg, Toyga soup

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