Chilled Cucumber Soup with Pickled Red Onion

• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 red jalapeno, seeded and thinly sliced
• 3 cups plain yogurt
• 2 pounds cucumberspeeled, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup milk
• 10 mint leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• Salt and freshly ground white pepper

1. In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar with the onion, sugar and jalapeno and bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar.
2. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool.
3. In a blender, working in 2 batches, puree the yogurt with the cucumbers, milk, mint and cumin.
4. Season the soup with salt and pepper.
5. Ladle into bowls and garnish with the pickled red onion and jalapeno and a drizzle of the pickling liquid.

rice vinegar, red onion, sugar, red, plain yogurt, milk, mint, ground cumin, salt

Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chilled-cucumber-soup-with-pickled-red-onion (may not work)