In the south of India it is customary to pour a soup called a rasam over your rice toward the end of a large meal. The Tamil community in India resides largely in the very south and they are great drinkers of these soups, which are usually hot and spicy and made slightly tart with [...]
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Tamil Red Lentil Soup
Posted in Currries, Soups, Subcontinent, tagged corn-free, dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, India, nut-free, peanut-free, rasam, soy-free, Tamil, toor dal, vegan, vegetarian on 1 November 2007 | 2 Comments »
Nigerian Melon Seed Soup
Posted in Soups, West Africa, tagged corn-free, dairy-free, egg-free, egusi, fish-free, gluten-free, melon seed, Nigeria on 21 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Egusi is the name of both a substantial hot soup from Nigeria and the melon seed with which that soup is thickened. The seeds themselves are small and pale, and with their internal oils they grind to a paste more so than a powder. West-African stores carry shelled melon seeds, and Indian grocers often do [...]
Uzbek Beef Soup
Posted in Central Asia, Soups, tagged corn-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, soup, uzbek on 2 October 2007 | 1 Comment »
A rich and hearty soup of red meat and root vegetables should be very welcome any winter’s day on the Great Steppe. This version of Uzbek shurpa uses beef in place of the more traditional mutton. The fine dice of vegetables makes those meat morsels seem hefty on the spoon. Carmelization is created first on [...]
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