{"id":10703,"date":"2015-09-08T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=10703"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:58:20","slug":"jajuk-summer-soup-cucumbers-and-yogurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/jajuk-summer-soup-cucumbers-and-yogurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool and Creamy Cucumber and Yogurt Salad (aka Jajuk or Armenian Summer Soup)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you love trying out new and unique dishes from different parts of the world? Are you looking for a refreshing and delicious summer salad to serve at your next barbecue or picnic? Look no further than Jajuk, an Armenian dish made with yogurt and cucumbers, infused with the flavors of onions, mint, and dill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been a family favorite for decades. Read on to learn how easy, and delicious, this recipe is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The original recipe came from a college friend of my dad's and he and mom tweaked it a little bit to make it more like a salad, which is what is listed below. If you want it more soup like, add water or kvas.\u00a0Of course\u00a0I might just have to search around to find some kvass to try it for\u00a0myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes together quickly, but you want to make it a few hours ahead of time to let the flavors blend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most, if not all, Middle Eastern cuisines have their own variation of yogurt and cucumber salad or soup. The Greeks add garlic and call it Tzatziki, the Armenians go with mint and dill and call it Jajuk. Which\u00a0translates to Summer Soup. An Armenian friend told me some\u00a0people use more yogurt than vegetables so it is more soup like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I posted the photo above to a photo-a-day group, a wonderful fellow member, gave me the following information about this dish in Uzbekistan and Russia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I make something similar that I learned in Uzbekistan (made last night in fact) and wanted to see how similar your recipe was. Quite similar but I put radishes and lots of minced garlic.\u00a0And we actually add water to make it more like soup.<\/span><\/span><\/span> My husband is from Bukhara where they speak Tajik and it's called \"chaka chalop\". Russians add kvas (fermented bread drink) and call it \"okroshka\".<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Your foodie lesson for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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