Dovga () is an
Azerbaijani soup
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made from plain yoghurt and herbs. Traditionally, it is served as a wedding soup and is introduced between courses of meat, intended to boost digestion.
Dovga is a soup that is cooked with a variety of herbs. While its ingredients can vary seasonally and regionally, the soup usually includes
coriander
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dill
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mint
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* Lamiaceae, the mint family
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spinach
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The soup is sometimes cooked with
rice
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chickpea
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s, and
meatball
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It is often served warm in winter or chilled in summer.
One variation of dovga is ''abdug'', popular in Iran.
''Abdug'' does not include rice and is served with ice in the summer.
See also
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Azerbaijani cuisine
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Ash-e doogh
Ash-e doogh () is a yogurt soup found in various parts of Iran, Azerbaijan and Shiraz, with differing but similar ingredients. It is a kind of Aush. Similar dishes are found all over West Asia.
Etymology
:''See Aush§Etymology''
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, a similar Iranian soup
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Toyga soup
Toyga ( or ) is a national meal of Turkish cuisine. It is a yogurt soup cooked with a variety of herbs (mentha and others), wheat and (sometimes) chickpea
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of t ...
, a similar Turkish soup
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Spas soup, a similar Armenian soup
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List of soups
This is a list of notable soups. Soups have been made since ancient times.
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List of yogurt-based dishes and beverages
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References
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Azerbaijani soups
Azerbaijani inventions
Azerbaijani words and phrases
Yogurt-based dishes
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