tarhana
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Tarhana is a dried food ingredient, based on a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt or fermented milk, found in Central Asian, Southeast European, and Middle Eastern cuisines. Dry tarhana has a texture of coarse, uneven crumbs, and it is usually made into a thick soup with water, stock, or milk. As it is both acidic and low in moisture, the milk proteins keep for long periods. Tarhana is very similar to some kinds of kashk.
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- Tarhana
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- Tarhana sold at a local store in Kozan, Adana
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- Soup starter
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- Grain, yoghurt or fermented milk
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Tarhana is a dried food ingredient, based on a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt or fermented milk, found in Central Asian, Southeast European, and Middle Eastern cuisines. Dry tarhana has a texture of coarse, uneven crumbs, and it is usually made into a thick soup with water, stock, or milk. As it is both acidic and low in moisture, the milk proteins keep for long periods. Tarhana is very similar to some kinds of kashk.
Regional variations of the name include Armenian (); Greek () or (); Persian (); Kurdish ; Albanian or ; Bulgarian or (); Serbo-Croatian , or ; Hungarian ; Turkish .