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Ciorbă
Chorba or shorba (from dialectal Arabic ; from , 'to drink') is a broad class of stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is often prepared with added ingredients but served alone as a broth or with bread. Etymology ''Chorba'', or ''shorba'', is variously derived from the Arabic word meaning 'gravy' or from a Persian term from (, 'salty, brackish') and /, (/, 'water/stew') or from a hypothetical cognate word common to Arabic and Persian. Chorba is also called ( am, ሾርባ), ( uz, шўрва), ( ps, شوروا), ( bg, чорба), (Serbo-Croatian), ( Somali), (Romanian), (russian: шурпа), ( ug, شورپا / ), ( Turkish), ( ky, шорпо) and ( kk, сорпа). In the Indian subcontinent, the term in Hindi () simply means gravy. It is a Mughlai dish and it has vegetarian forms such as tomato shorba. Types Shorwa is a traditional Afghan dish which is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Cuisine
Romanian cuisine () is a diverse blend of different dishes from several traditions with which it has come into contact, but it also maintains its own character. It has been mainly influenced by Turkish and a series of European cuisines in particular from the Balkans, or Hungarian cuisine as well as culinary elements stemming from the cuisines of Central Europe. Romanian cuisine includes numerous holiday dishes arranged according to the mentioned season and holiday since the country has its roots in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Romanian dishes consist of vegetables, cereals, fruits, honey, milk, dairy products, meat and game. Multiple different types of dishes are available, which are sometimes included under a generic term; for example, the category '' ciorbă'' includes a wide range of soups with a characteristic sour taste. Variations include meat and vegetable soup, tripe (''ciorbă de burtă'') and calf foot soup, or fish soup, all of which are soured by lemon juice, sauer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
