Chorba or shorba (from
dialectal Arabic
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; 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
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word meaning 'gravy' or from a Persian term from (, 'salty, brackish') and /, (/, 'water/stew')
or from a hypothetical cognate word common to
Arabic
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and Persian.
Chorba is also called ( am, ሾርባ), ( uz, шўрва), ( ps, شوروا), ( bg, чорба), (
Serbo-Croatian
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), (
Somali), (
Romanian
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), (russian: шурпа), ( ug, شورپا / ), (
Turkish), ( ky, шорпо) and ( kk, сорпа). In the Indian subcontinent, the term in
Hindi
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() simply means
gravy
Gravy is a sauce often made from the juices of meats that run naturally during cooking and often thickened with wheat flour or corn starch for added texture. The gravy may be further coloured and flavoured with gravy salt (a simple mix of salt ...
. It is a
Mughlai dish and it has vegetarian forms such as tomato shorba.
Types
Shorwa is a traditional Afghan dish which is a simple dish which is usually mixed with bread on the
dastarkhān. It is a long process and a pressure-cooker is usually used, as it reduces the process to 2 hours. The main ingredients for shorwa are potatoes, beans and meat. It is commonly served with Afghan bread.
Ciorbă, as called in
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...
and
Romania
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, consists of various vegetables, meat and herbs.
Borș is a sour soup that is used in the Moldova region. It is also has beneficial health effects. It is served hot to stimulate digestion and be effective against colds.
There are several types of this dish, such as
ciorbă de perișoare
Ciorbă de perișoare is a Romanian traditional sour soup with meatballs. Perișoare are meatballs usually made with minced pork meat, mixed with rice and spices and boiled in a ciorbă—a soup with vegetables such as onions, parsnips and cel ...
,
leek soup
The leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of ''Allium ampeloprasum'', the broadleaf wild leek (synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Allium porrum''). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a plant stem, s ...
,
Romanian borscht, and
borș de burechiușe
Borș de burechiușe or borș de burechițe or supă de găluște is a Romanian and Moldovan dish specific from the regional cuisine of Moldavia and of Bukovina. Burechiușe or ''gălușcă'' also known as ''urechiușe'' (little ears) is a dough i ...
.
Gallery
File:Shorwa.JPG, Traditional Afghan shorwa
File:Chorba.jpg, Algerian chorba
File:Begova Čorba (Baščaršija in Sarajevo, Bosnia).JPG, Bosnian ''begova čorba'' and somun bread
File:Ready kurban chorba.JPG, Bulgarian Kurban chorba
File:Shorpo.jpg, Kyrgyz shorpo
File:Pileća corba.jpg, Serbian chicken čorba
File:Ciorba.jpg, Romanian
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ciorbă
File:Chorba frik algerienne.jpg, Algerian chorba frik
See also
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List of soups
This is a list of notable soups. Soups have been made since Ancient history, ancient times.
Some soups are served with large chunks of meat or vegetables left in the liquid, while others are served as a broth. A broth is a flavored liquid usua ...
*
List of stews
This is a list of notable stews. A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables (such as carrots, potatoes, bean ...
References
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Turkish soups
Turkish words and phrases
Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine
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Kazakhstani cuisine
Kyrgyz cuisine
Pakistani soups and stews
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Uzbekistani cuisine
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Moldovan cuisine
Uyghur cuisine
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