Sour soup
Encyclopedia
Sour soup refers to various soup
s in a number of national cuisine
s. The name reflects its distinctive feature: sour taste
. Often a sour soup has a specific national name. Sour soups are known in East Asia
n, Southeast Asia
n, and Slavic
cuisines.
Soup
Soup is a generally warm food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or another liquid. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming a broth.Traditionally,...
s in a number of national cuisine
Cuisine
Cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture. Cuisines are often named after the geographic areas or regions that they originate from...
s. The name reflects its distinctive feature: sour taste
Taste
Taste is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food, certain minerals, and poisons, etc....
. Often a sour soup has a specific national name. Sour soups are known in East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
n, Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
n, and Slavic
Slavic Europe
Slavic Europe is a region of Europe where Slavic languages are spoken. This area is situated in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and includes the nations of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Russia,...
cuisines.
Asian origin
- Samlar machuSamlar machuSamlar machu is the Khmer term for a category of sour soups popularly known in English as simply "Cambodian sour soup." The soup derived from the Vietnamese sour soup canh chua....
, a generic KhmerKhmer languageKhmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language , with speakers in the tens of millions. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious...
term for sour soup (Cambodian sour soup). - Canh chuaCanh chuaCanh chua is a sour soup indigenous to the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is typically made with fish from the Mekong River Delta, pineapple, tomatoes , and bean sprouts, in a tamarind-flavored broth...
(literally "sour soup") is a sour soup indigenous to the Mekong River region of southern Vietnam. - SinigangSinigangSinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour flavor most often associated with tamarind .- Ingredients :Sinigang is traditionally tamarind based. Other versions of the dish derive their sourness from ingredients such as guava, calamansi, bilimbi, or raw mango among others...
, Philippine fish sour soup - Hot and sour soupHot and sour soupHot and sour soup can refer to soups from several Asian culinary traditions. In all cases the soup contains ingredients to make it both spicy and sour.-United States:Soup preparation may use chicken or pork broth, or may be meat-free...
- Tom yumTom yumTom yum or tom yam is the name for a spicy clear soup typical in Laos and Thailand. Tom yum is widely served in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and has been popularized around the world...
- Tom yum
- Sweet and sour soup
- Lemon rasam - an IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n sour soup made with lemon juice - Dunt dalun chin-yei - drumstick sour soup (cuisine of Burma)
Slavic origin
- Sour rye soupSour rye soupThe sour rye soup is a soup made of soured rye flour and meat . It is specific to Poland, where it is known as żur or żurek, and a variant is known as barszcz biały which is made with wheat flour instead of rye...
, known as żur, żurek in Poland or kyselo in Slovakia and Czechia.- Żur śląski
- Styrian sour soupStyrian sour soup-History:Styrian sour soup was a staple at koline, the biggest secular festival, and become a sysnonymous with late-night parties. It was typically served at nuptials after midnight.-Preparation:...
(Slovenian cuisineSlovenian cuisineThere is no such thing as a single, uniform, distinct Slovenian cuisine. In the opinion of some experts, there are more than 40 distinct cuisines in a country, whose main distinguishing feature is a great variety and diversity of land formation, climate, wind movements, humidity, terrain and...
) - Vipava sour soup (Slovenian cuisineSlovenian cuisineThere is no such thing as a single, uniform, distinct Slovenian cuisine. In the opinion of some experts, there are more than 40 distinct cuisines in a country, whose main distinguishing feature is a great variety and diversity of land formation, climate, wind movements, humidity, terrain and...
) - Sorrel soupSorrel soupSorrel soup is a soup made from water or broth, sorrel leaves, and salt. Other possible ingredients are egg yolks or eggs , potatoes, carrots, parsley root, rice . It can be served hot or cold, and usually with sour cream. It is known in Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Eastern European...
- Sour cabbage soup called sour shchi in Russian
- SolyankaSolyankaSolyanka is a thick, spicy and sour soup in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine.There are three basic types of solyanka, with the main ingredient being either meat, fish, or mushrooms. All of them contain pickled cucumbers with brine, and often cabbage, salted mushrooms, smetana , and dill...
, thick, spicy and sour soup in the Russian and Ukrainian cuisine - "kapustnyak", Russian/Ukrainian soup made from sour cabbage (sauerkraut), millet and potatoes in meat broth.
- also many sorts of Russian/Ukrainian borschtBorschtBorscht is a soup of Ukrainian origin that is popular in many Eastern and Central European countries. In most of these countries, it is made with beetroot as the main ingredient, giving it a deep reddish-purple color...
have appreciable sour taste due to adding (sour) tomatoes, sour beet (or fermented beet juice) and sour cream.
Other
- CiorbăCiorbaCiorbă , from Persian, via the Turkish word çorba is a general Romanian word describing sour soups consisting of various vegetables and meat...
, borşBorsBors circa 540s-580s, is the name of two knights in the Arthurian legend, one the father and one the son. Bors the Elder is the King of Gaunnes or Gaul during the early period of King Arthur's reign, and is the brother of King Ban of Benoic. Gaunnes is the Fredemundian dynastic kingdom of Neustria...
, generic Romanian cuisineRomanian cuisineRomanian 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...
terms for sour soups