Ciorbă de fasole is a type of traditional Romanian sour soup made with dry beans and vegetables such as onions, red peppers, parsley root, and celery root. The soup is typically seasoned with salt, pepper, lovage, thyme, and borş. Ciorbă de fasole can be served both hot and cold, and it should be enjoyed with scallions, leek, onions, and bread.
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Ciorbă de lobodă is a traditional sour soup prepared with purple spinach, also known as mountain spinach, as its main ingredient. Apart from the purple spinach, the soup includes a combination of vegetables, usually onions, carrots, peppers, and potatoes.
Sometimes rice or noodles are added to the soup for a better consistency. Deep-purple and hearty, the soup is typically soured with lemon juice or traditional borș, but it can also be spiked with sour cream. Especially popular in spring, the soup is usually enjoyed hot, garnished with fresh parsley, lovage, or dill.
Ciorbă de salată cu afumătură is a traditional sour green lettuce soup with smoked meat. Chopped lettuce leaves are cooked with chunks of smoked meat, such as smoked bacon, smoked sausage, or smoked pork fat, as well as carrots, green onions, and green garlic.
The soup is then combined with a mixture of sour cream, sour milk, or yogurt, crushed garlic, salt, and chopped herbs near the end. An egg-milk mixture or strips of omelet with chopped herbs are usually added to the soup for extra flavor. Optionally, the soup can be flavored with sweet paprika.
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Ciorbă ţărănească is a traditional soup made with borș, a sour liquid obtained by fermenting wheat or barley bran in water. This variation of ciorbă includes roughly chopped carrots, onions, celery, peppers, and sometimes potatoes, as well as meat such as pork, beef, veal, or thinly sliced bacon.
It is usually enjoyed with bread, a dollop of sour cream, and fresh or pickled hot peppers, while fresh parsley is commonly used as garnish. Although it is often prepared as a home-cooked dish, it is also a staple of most Romanian restaurants.
Ciorbă de sfeclă is a traditional sour soup based on beetroots. It is typically made with grated or cubed beetroots, which are boiled with a variety of vegetables, usually onions, carrots, celery, parsley roots, or potatoes, along with noodles, tomato sauce, and seasonings.
The soup can be served as it is, or it can be strained and served clear. It is usually eaten hot, sprinkled with parsley, dill, or lovage, and accompanied by sour cream or yogurt. Variations of beetroot soups can be found throughout Eastern Europe, commonly known as borscht.
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Ciorbă de legume is a Romanian sour soup made with a combination of vegetables such as green or dry beans, peas, onions, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, and borş (wheat or barley bran fermented in water). The ingredients for this refreshing dish are boiled together and seasoned with a pinch of salt, bay leaves, ground pepper, and generous quantities of borş.
Depending on the season, zucchinis, kohlrabis, bell peppers, or even cabbage can be added to the dish. For extra texture, sour cream or noodles can also be added to ciorbă de legume. This main dish can be enjoyed both hot or cold with onions or leeks.
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Ciorbă de praz is a traditional sour leek soup. The leeks are cooked alongside a combination of vegetables, typically carrots, peppers, celery stalks, onions, potatoes, and parsnips. Sometimes the soup is enhanced with tomato juice and noodles.
It is usually garnished with chopped parsley, lovage, or dill, and served hot, seasoned with borș or sour cream.
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Ciorbă de cartofi is a traditional sour soup that is typically made with potatoes and other vegetables or pork. Since potatoes are the main ingredient, vegetables such as red peppers, onions, or tomatoes are added in small quantity for a bit of extra color and texture.
The potatoes and vegetables or meat are boiled until they are cooked, and everything is seasoned with borş, sour cream, and parsley. It should be enjoyed while hot, served with scallions, fresh or pickled hot peppers, and bread.
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