Cold Yogurt Soup
A summer soup with a special eastern flair - try it! Uzbek chalop is similar to okroshka: a cold, filling vegetable soup with cucumbers, radishes, and lots of herbs. It’s poured with katyk or cultured sour milk. You can also use kefir with a bit of sour cream. Very tasty!
Updated : 10 March, 2026
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
400 milliliters
Kefir
400 milliliters
Water
150 grams
Radish
2
Cucumber
1
Garlic
30 grams
Parsley
30 grams
Dill
30 grams
Cilantro
20 grams
Basil
2 tablespoon
Lemon juice
to taste
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How do you make Uzbek chalop cold soup? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Chalop differs from our okroshka by an unusual ingredient - katyk. It’s a high-fat cultured milk. In taste, katyk is somewhat like kefir or cultured sour milk, but it’s so thick that a spoon can stand in it. That’s why katyk needs to be diluted.
Step 2
Dilute the katyk with water and stir, trying to break up any lumps. I diluted it 1:1 with water. This makes a semi-thick mixture, like 2.5% kefir, but you can dilute it even more.
Step 3
Wash the cucumber, pat dry, and peel it. Cut the flesh into fine matchsticks. If the cucumber skin is tender and thin, you can leave it on.
Step 4
Wash the radishes, pat dry, and cut into fine matchsticks. If the radishes are very sharp, it’s better to salt them first and leave for 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
Step 5
Rinse all the herbs thoroughly and shake off the water. Then finely chop the herbs.
Step 6
Put the chopped herbs into a small pot. Peel the garlic, press it through a garlic press, and add it to the pot with the herbs.
Step 7
Mash everything with a potato masher so the herbs release their juices.
Step 8
Add the cucumbers and radishes to the pot with the herbs.
Step 9
Pour in the cold diluted katyk. Add lemon juice. Salt everything and mix.
Step 10
Let the Uzbek okroshka stand for 5-7 minutes so the salt dissolves. You can serve chalop right away, but it’s better to chill it for 20-30 minutes in the refrigerator. Enjoy your meal!
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