Hot yoghurt & barley soup

This is adapted from an Armenian recipe for warm rice and yoghurt soup, not dissimilar to Sephardi soups using rice, yoghurt, onion, herbs and lemon juice.

Armenians have lived in Jerusalem since the 4th century AD and their food assimilated many of the local cultures. They have a small quarter within the walls of the crowded old city — one of only four: Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Armenian — where they reside in relative isolation, speaking Armenian. The heart of the quarter is S