Mint Dour or Mint Yogurt Drink

 In Iran Dour or yogurt drinks are really popular.  When I visited Iran  I had dour 2 or 3 times a day. I posted a plain dour  but here is a recipe my mother-in-law has been making  for Mint Dour in a 2 litre bottle.

Mint Dour
makes almost 2 liters

500gm plain yogurt (it needs to be a bit sour)
1 tsp dried mint
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 litres water

Mix yogurt with mint and salt.  Add water and fill bottle. Shake the bottle. It will make just under 2 litres.  Enjoy right away or after its had a stay in the frig. 

Yogurt Drink (Dour)

I had this yogurt drink (Dour) a few weeks ago at the Iranian restaurant I wrote about. Once back home we started making this a few time a week. If you like salty yogurt than this is the drink for you!
1/2 cup plan think Greek yogurt (or use 1 cup plan yogurt)
1/2 tsp salt
stir in 2 cups of water little by little. The drink should look like milk. Add some ice and drink up!

Hafez

Rue Saint-Michel 15, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium‎

We enjoyed a very nice Iranian lunch while in Belgium. There are a few different Iranian restaurants but this one was in the city center and easy to find as it is on the same street as Place Des Martyrs and right off a major shopping street.

Yogurt Drink (Dour: French pronunciation)
I loved loved loved this Drink. Ice cold salty sour.

From the top left: rice and kebab (chelow kabab koobideh), Meat and tomato stew with dal (khoresht gheimeh), Meat stew with herbs and beans (khoreshte ghormeh sabzi), and yogurt and cucumber and mint powder (maast va khiyar).

We asked what was good, and then ordered one of each. Everything was great. The host/chef was friendly and we would go there again.