List of yogurt-based dishes and beverages

This is a list of yogurt-based dishes and beverages. Yogurt is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as "yogurt cultures". Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and its characteristic tang. ^[1] Worldwide, cow's milk, the protein of which is mainly casein, is most commonly used to make yogurt. Milk from water buffalo, goats, ewes, mares, camels, and yaks is also used to produce yogurt in various parts of the world.

Dishes

Shrikhand

• Churri – a spicy Indian side dish
• Çılbır – Turkish egg dish
• Jameed – Jordanian yogurt strained cheese
• Mansaf - Levantine dish of meat cooked in yogurt
• Kashk  – Sour dairy product, popular in Central Asia and Northern Middle East
• Kibbeh  – Arab and Levantine dish of ground meat and bulgur Labanie
• Mishti Doi  – Dessert of BengalPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Shrikhand  – Indian food made from strained yogurt
• Tavë kosi  – Albanian baked lamb and rice dish
• Zhoixo  – Wild ginseng, made with yogurt

Soups

Spas is an Armenian matzoon soup made with wheat berrys and a variety of herbs.

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  Dovga is an Azerbaijani yogurt soup cooked with a variety of herbs.

  Ash-e doogh – Iranian and Azerbaijani thick yogurt soup
• Spas – Armenian matzoon soup
• Dovga – Azerbaijani yogurt soup
• Tarator – Bulgarian cold yogurt soup with cucumbers and garlic
• Toyga soup – Turkish yogurt soup
• Shakriya – Levantine stew with lamb or beef traditional for Ramadan. ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Yayla çorbası – Turkish yogurt soup
• Okroshka – Russian soup sometimes based on kefir
• Tarhana soup – Cypriot soup made of sun-dried dough of cracked wheat and yogurt (also found in other Southeast European and Asian countries). ^[5]

Condiments

Tzatziki

• Dahi chutney
• Greek yogurt or Labneh – strained yogurt
• Perugu Pachadi
• Raita – Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi yogurt side dish that can be sweet or savory
• Tzatziki – yogurt dip

Beverages

A glass of Borhani at a Bangladeshi wedding

• Acidophiline  – Type of drinkable yogurt
• Ayran  – Yogurt-based, salted drink, cold yogurt beverage of Turkic origin
• Borhani  – Bangladeshi drinks – Bangladeshi curd drink mixed with coriander, mustard seeds, mint and other spices
• Chaas  – Yogurt-based drink from South Asia
• Chal  – Fermented camel milk drink of Central Asia
• Dhallë  – Yogurt-based, salted drinkPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, thinned in water, from Albania
• Doogh  – Iranian fermented milk drink, Iranian cold yogurt beverage, sometimes with mint or sparkling water
• Isgelen tarag  – Mongolian yogurt drink
• Lassi  – Yogurt-based drink from India, Indian thick, cold yogurt beverage, can be savory or sweet or mixed with fruit
• Leben  – Food or beverage of fermented milk
• Mattha  – Dairy beverage
• Tan – Armenian cold yogurt beverage
• Nai lao  – Chinese fermented milk drink
• Omaere  – Namibian fermented dairy product
• Qatiq  – Turkic fermented milk product
• Ryazhenka  – Fermented dairy beverage
• Stewler  – Russian fermented dairy productPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Yakult  – Sweetened probiotic milk beverage

Gallery

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  Jameed
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  Kurdish women preparing kashk in a village at Turkey
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  Raita with cucumber and mint
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  Tzatziki
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  Ash-e doogh
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  Lassi in an earthenware drinking vessel
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  Toyga soup

See also

• Food portal
• Drink portal
• Lists portal

• Fermented milk products
• List of dairy products
• List of fermented foods
• Lists of prepared foods

References

1. "What is yogurt?". culturesforhealth.com. 23 June 2022.
2. Dina Ezza (3 August 2017). "Taboon: Lebanese but also Syrian cuisine in Zamalek". Al-Ahram.
3. "Shakriya". Syrian Times. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
4. "A meat-free Ramadan in Damascus as prices soar". New Arab . 27 May 2023.
5. "Authentic Foods: Trahanas".