Ciorbă

Ciorbă
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A bowl of ciorbă.
Origin
Place of origin Romania
Details
Course Entrée Main course
Main ingredient(s) Water, vegetables, borş, spices
Variations with meat, fish, liver

Ciorbă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃorbə]), from Arabic, via the Turkish word çorba is a general Romanian word describing [1]sour soups consisting of various vegetables and meat. Most Romanians differentiate between "supă" (soup) and "ciorbă" by the fact that soup has no added acid and is most of the times clear (there's only one exception), while ciorbă may contain a wide variety of sour ingredients, usually lemons, borş or "zeamă de varză acră" (Sauerkraut juice). In Moldova, the word borş means soup.[2]Lovage is a frequent addition.

Different types of ciorbă include:

Last modified on 15 March 2013, at 13:08