Directions

1. Boil water on a saucepan and dissolve the tomato paste in it.
2. Grate the fresh tomato and pour it into the saucepan. Stir
3. Empty the trahana cup in the saucepan.
4. Add olive oil, sugar, salt and pepper and taste. Fix taste if necessary
5. Simmer for 20 minutes
6. Serve warm

Optionally you can melt feta cheese and mix with the soup. This is one of our favorite trahana. It is from Agra village. It is only sold in Lesvos and cannot be found in big food stores in Athens and in other Metropolitan cities. It is sour in taste and has a strong smell.

Ingredients

• 1 cup trahana (tiny sour dough balls)
• 4 cups water
• 3 spoons concentrated tomato paste
• 1 fresh tomato
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 spoon sugar
• 3 spoons olive oil

Source: http://www.greek-recipe.com/trahana-soup-agra-lesbos/

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