Tarhana

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Tarhana is a dried food ingredient, based on a fermented mixture of grain and yogurt or fermented milk, found in Central Asian, Southeast European, and Middle Eastern cuisines. Dry tarhana has a texture of coarse, uneven crumbs, and it is usually made into a thick soup with water, stock, or milk. As it is both acidic and low in moisture, the milk proteins keep for long periods. Tarhana is very similar to some kinds of kashk. Regional variations of the name include Armenian թարխանա (tarkhana); Greek τραχανάς (trahanás) or ξυνόχονδρος (xynohondros); Persian ترخینه، ترخانه، ترخوانه (tarkhineh, tarkhāneh, tarkhwāneh); Kurdish tarxane; Albanian trahana or tërhana; Bulgarian трахана or тархана (trahana, tarhana); Serbo-Croatian tarana, tarhana or trahana; Hungarian tarhonya; Turkish tarhana. The Armenian tarkhana is made up of matzoon and eggs mixed with equal amounts of wheat flour and starch. Small pieces of dough are prepared and dried and then kept in glass containers and used mostly in soups...

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