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Soup-e Shir سوپ شیر

Mild milk soup with pearl barley, mushrooms and vegetables, popular on cold days.

⏱ 60 min

Ingredients

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  • 150 g pearl barley
  • 1½ onions
  • 1½ carrots
  • 225 g mushrooms
  • 750 ml milk
  • 750 ml stock
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 45 g butter
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Cook the barley in the stock for 40 minutes until soft.
  2. Chop the onion, carrot and mushrooms and fry in butter; dust with flour.
  3. Add the vegetables to the barley, stir in the milk and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring.
  4. Season and serve hot.