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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

32 Yogurt Recipes From 21 Cuisines.

Fermented milk eaten from the Balkans to Bengal, and a workhorse well beyond breakfast: it tenderizes meat in marinades, cools spicy food, thickens soups and replaces cream with a cleaner tang. In Serbia a glass of drinkable yogurt is the standard companion to burek. Full-fat yogurt survives gentle heat; low-fat splits — temper it with a spoonful of hot liquid before stirring it into anything warm.

32 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Pale hard chunks of Mongolian aaruul dried milk curd on a woven rack, some pressed with a carved pattern

Mongolia73 hr 10 min

Aaruul

Mongolian Dried Milk Curd

Blistered whole-wheat aloo paratha torn open to show spiced potato filling, with yogurt and mango pickle

India1 hr 35 min

Aloo Paratha

Punjabi Potato-Stuffed Flatbread

Golden coiled banitsa in a round tin, spiral of crisp filo with white cheese filling visible between the rings

Bulgaria1 hr 30 min

Banitsa

Bulgarian Coiled Filo Pie with Sirene

Golden semolina cake cut into diamonds in a tin, each piece topped with a peanut and glossy with syrup

Sudan2 hr 30 min

Basbousa

Sudanese Semolina Cake in Lemon Syrup

Layered Zanzibari beef biriani in an open pot, saffron-stained rice with fried onions, potato and coriander

Tanzania2 hr 25 min

Biriani ya Zanzibar

Spiced Layered Rice with Beef

Shallow bowl of loose Turkish cacık with grated cucumber, dried mint and a drizzle of olive oil on top

Turkey40 min

Cacık

Chilled Turkish Cucumber Yogurt with Mint

Deep bowl of tiny Uzbek chuchvara dumplings in clear broth with a spoonful of thick yogurt, black pepper and chopped herbs

Uzbekistan1 hr 55 min

Chuchvara

Tiny Uzbek Dumplings in Broth

Plate of Burmese danbauk biryani with golden rice, chicken, cashews, raisins and fresh mint leaves

Myanmar2 hr 25 min

Danbauk

Burmese Chicken Biryani with Cashews

Open pot of Hyderabadi biryani showing saffron-streaked basmati over bone-in mutton with fried onions and mint

India5 hr 55 min

Hyderabadi Kacchi Biryani

Dum-Cooked Mutton and Saffron Rice

Plate of İskender kebap with sliced lamb over bread cubes, red tomato sauce, melted butter and yogurt on the side

Turkey2 hr 50 min

İskender Kebap

Doner over Bread with Tomato and Butter

Open pot of Dhaka kacchi biryani showing saffron-streaked rice, bone-in mutton and a whole yellow potato

Bangladesh8 hr 25 min

Kacchi Biryani

Dhaka Wedding Mutton and Rice

Tray of fries topped with shawarma meat and melted Gouda, piled with shredded lettuce, tomato and garlic sauce

Netherlands1 hr 20 min

Kapsalon

Rotterdam Fries with Shawarma and Gouda

Every recipe on this route.

All 32 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

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