Course Entrée, Main course | Place of origin Romania (or Turkey) | |
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Main ingredients Water, vegetables, borș, spices Variations Made with meat, fish, or liver Similar Borș, Ciorbă de perișoare, Mămăligă, Plăcintă, Kashkaval | ||
Ciorbă ([ˈt͡ʃorbə]), from Persian shorba (شوربا), via the Turkish word çorba, is a general Romanian word describing sour soups consisting of various vegetables and meat. Most Romanians differentiate between "supă" (soup) and "ciorbă" by the fact that supă has no added acid and is usually clear (there's only one exception), while ciorbă may contain a wide variety of sour ingredients, usually lemons, borș, or zeamă de varză acră (sauerkraut juice). In Moldavia, the word borș means simply any sour soup. Lovage is a frequent addition.
Types of ciorbă include:
References
Ciorbă Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA