1 medium onion, chopped
1 bag fresh spinach (or 2 boxes frozen)
6 cups water
1/4 cup rice
1 egg, beaten
12 ounces sour cream or yogurt
Lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
Clean spinach and break into small pieces. Season with salt, pepper and lots of paprika. Add water. Bring to boil and add rice. Boil until rice cooks. Turn off heat.
Add sour cream to the beaten egg. Put small amount of soup in this sour cream mixture at a time until it is about the same temperature as the soup. Pour this mixture into the soup. Flavor with lemon juice. Check for seasonings.
"A Taste of Bulgaria" by the Bulgarian-Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center
Thursday, September 16, 1999