Hot Soups
Recipes of traditional Russian hot soups with extra tips as well as delicious Ukrainian, Georgian, Uzbekistani soup recipes
Hot soups have been an important part of Russian diet for many centuries. Many Russians believe that “warm is good for your stomach”. These days many people have lunch outside home, and during lunch hours many cafes offer a special deal called “business lunch” which would comprise of a bowl of soup and a hot snack.
Among traditional Russian recipes, other soups from neighbouring counties are very popular: spicy and rich in flavour Georgian beef soup kharcho, and Kazakhstani/Uzbekistani aromatic mutton soup shurpa (or chorba).
Soup recipes: Borscht, Shurpa (also called Chorba), Kharcho, Solyanka soup, Sorrel soup, Nettle soup.
