Āsh Jo

Barley Soup with Beans and Herbs

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Bitter & Sweet: Global Flavors from an Iranian-American Kitchen

By Omid Roustaei and Lauren Ko

Published 2025

  • About

This āsh comes with a love letter attached! In the mid-2000s, I introduced this soup to a group of staff members at my local co-op, where I taught cooking classes. Many years later, Amelia, a colleague who had since moved to New York and was working at a food website, contacted me with exciting news. She had published an article titled “The Life-Changing Persian Soup I’ve Been Mastering for 15 Years (and Still Going Strong).”

Amelia wrote, “I knew I loved this humble bowl of soup be