Shurpa (or Chorba)
This rich in taste and nutrition aromatic mutton soup comes from Central Asia: Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan/Azerbaijan/Tatarstan.
All these countries have slight alternations in the recipe, but the common features are: mutton and vegetables,
all cut in big chunks.
Shurpa (or Chorba)
By October 12, 2013
Published:- Yield: 3 litres pot
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Ingredients
- 300 grams mutton (soup pieces)
- 2 litres water
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 carrots
- 1 onion
- 2 bell peppers
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon peppercorns
- 3 potatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 handful fresh herbs (parsley or coriander)
Instructions
- Preparation:
- Quarter the onion. Chop carrots, peeled potatoes and bell pepper into chunky pieces (keep potatoes in cold water to prevent oxidising); Skin and quarter tomatoes (to easily skin them, put them in a bowl with hot water for a few minutes).
- Put the mutton pieces into a cooking pot filled with cold water, add salt and bring to boil over high heat. As the foam starts forming, scoop it out with a skimmer or a spoon. Then turn the heat to low.
- Add coriander seeds, peppercorns and quartered onion and let simmer for 45 minutes.
- ~After 45 minutes of simmering~
- Discard the onion.
Add carrots and potatoes, simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, bell peppers, simmer for 5 minutes (or until the potatoes are soft).
- Turn the heat off, decorate with chopped fresh parsley or coriander, and enjoy!
- Once cooled, put in the fridge, the next day the soup will be even tastier.