Spicy Cucumber Soup With Yogurt By Sy

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 -4 cups yogurt, rich creamy type (not the non-fat yogurt variety)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup water
• 2 large cucumbers, peeled & seeds scooped out and cup up into small pieces
• 1 scallion, chopped up finely
• 1 clove garlic, chopped finely
• 1 -2 tablespoon lemon juice (if using a tangy type yogurt, eliminate or use 1 tablespoon)

Recipe

• 1 put cucumbers in a bowl or colander and sprinkle with salt and toss; let stand for about 15-30 minutes
• 2 put yogurt, sour cream and about 1 cup water into a bowl and blend till smooth (like the consistency of buttermilk)
• 3 add cucumber, scallion, garlic, lemon, jalapeno pepper to yogurt mixture. use a motorized hand blender to chop the cucumber finer and leaving some small chunks; not to fine though. (a braun hand mixer-chopper works well for blending the yogurt in step #2 and this step #3
• 4 put into refrigerator to chill
• 5 serve cold and topped with any combo of fresh dill, mint leaves, chivesà mrs. dash spices and/or salt to taste.