Name: Cold Armenian Yogurt-Barley Soup By Sy
Ingredients: 4 cups rich creamy high fat content yogurt; 2 cups already made barley (cold); water (cold); salt, pinch of; dried mint (not the fresh mint leaves)

Why it works: Yogurt and mint work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 497 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Cold Armenian Yogurt-Barley Soup By Sy

Ingredients

4 cups rich creamy high fat content yogurt
2 cups already made barley (cold)
water (cold)
salt, pinch of
dried mint (not the fresh mint leaves)

Directions

In individual bowls add 1 cup of yogurt, some barley, a pinch of salt and water. Mix into a nice medium thick consistency (like the thickness of buttermilk).
Sprinkle some dried mint leaves on top.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

295Calories

21 gProtein

1 gFat

51 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Barley	1 cup cooked (157g)	193
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Mint	2 tbsp fresh (3g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Yogurt + minttop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together497 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Yogurt + barleytop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together33 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Barley + minttop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Yogurt: Rich, high-fat yogurt gives the soup its creamy body and tangy flavour.
Barley: Cooked barley adds chewy texture and bulk to the soup.

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, barley):

Dillfits better
Corianderfits better
Cuminfits better
Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, barley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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Cold Armenian Yogurt-Barley Soup By Sy