Soups

🇦🇿Sheki, Azerbaijan

Piti

Lamb, chickpeas, chestnuts, saffron and a lump of tail fat sealed in an individual clay crock and baked overnight; drunk as broth first, then mashed with bread as a second course.

🇧🇾Belarus

Poliŭka

Поліўка

The catch-all Belarusian soup: whatever grain is in the house — barley, millet, buckwheat — boiled in meat, mushroom or milk stock with root vegetables.

🇮🇶Najaf, Iraq

Pomegranate Soup

شوربة رمان

Yellow split peas and minced meat simmered in pomegranate juice with herbs and rice into a sour, ruby-coloured soup.

🇰🇷Busan, South Korea

Pork Soup with Rice

돼지국밥

A Busan specialty of milky pork bone broth served over rice, with tender pork slices, a rich and hearty comfort food.

🇰🇷South Korea

Pork Spine Soup

감자탕

A hearty soup made with pork spine bones, potatoes, and sesame leaves in a spicy, rich broth, a popular hangover cure.

🇷🇴Romania

Potato Sour Soup

Ciorbă de cartofi

Potatoes boiled with red peppers, onions and tomatoes in a light broth soured with borș and finished with sour cream and parsley.

🇺🇸United States

Potlikker

The savory broth left after cooking collard or turnip greens, prized for its smoky flavor.

🇲🇽Mexico

Pozole

A hearty pre-Hispanic soup of nixtamalized maize hominy simmered with meat and seasoned with chiles, oregano, and shredded cabbage.

🇲🇽Mexico

Pozole blanco (White Pozole)

White pozole: hominy and pork in a clear broth, dressed with cabbage, radish, and lime.

🇲🇽Mexico

Pozole rojo (Red Pozole)

Red pozole: hominy and pork in a red chile broth, garnished with cabbage, radish, and oregano.

🇲🇽Mexico

Pozole verde (Green Pozole)

Green pozole: hominy and pork (or chicken) in a tomatillo-chile broth.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Prežganka

Flour browned in fat and whisked into boiling water with caraway, then finished with a beaten egg — a soup made from nothing, eaten for breakfast or after illness.

🇬🇷Greece

Psarosoupa

Ψαρόσουπα

Clear fish soup with vegetables and lemon.

🇦🇼Aruba

Pumpkin Soup

Sopi di Pampuna

Sopi di pampuna; a creamy Aruban pumpkin soup made with West Indian pumpkin (calabas) and salted beef; flavored with annatto seed; a hearty, comforting soup; a staple of Aruban cuisine; a feature of the midday meal; a traditional dish; a popular local favorite.

🇰🇵Pyongyang, North Korea

Pyongyang Manduguk

평양만두국

Pyongyang-style dumpling soup; mandu dumplings filled with meat and vegetables served in a clear broth; a Pyongan province representative dish listed in Wikipedia's Korean regional cuisine; eaten especially during winter and at New Year; the dumplings are larger and the broth lighter than southern versions.

🇮🇳India

Rasam

ரசம்

A thin, peppery South Indian soup made with tamarind, tomatoes, and spices. It is served with rice or drunk as a digestive.

🇯🇴Jordan

Rashoof

رشوف

Lentils and coarse bulgur cooked with reconstituted jameed into a thick sour porridge, eaten in the cold months.

🇷🇺Russia

Rassolnik

Рассольник

Rassolnik is a pickle soup with pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and pork or beef kidneys, brine-based, tangy pickle flavor with tender barley and balanced saltiness.

🇷🇴Romania

Red Orach Soup

Ciorbă de lobodă

Wild red orach (mountain spinach) simmered with rice, onions and carrots in a borș-soured broth, finished with egg yolk and lovage.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Red Peas Soup

Kidney beans cooked down with salt beef, yam, pumpkin, coco and spinners into a thick soup that eats as a full meal.

🇧🇿Belize

Relleno Negro

A dark, rich Belizean soup made from blackened recado, chicken or pork, and hard-boiled eggs, with a complex, smoky depth.

🇪🇨Loja, Ecuador

Repe Lojano

An Ecuadorian green banana soup with cheese, cilantro, and eggs, a Loja and regional classic.

🇬🇷Greece

Revithia

Ρεβίθια

Greek chickpea soup or stew of chickpeas, olive oil, lemon, and herbs, simmered until tender. A rustic, vegetarian winter dish, served with bread, a national and island staple.

🇮🇹Florence, Italy

Ribollita

Tuscan bread-and-bean soup reboiled with cavolo nero, cannellini, and stale Tuscan bread. A peasant dish born of leftover minestrone, thick enough to stand a spoon.

🇰🇷South Korea

Rice Cake Soup

떡국

A soup with oval-shaped sliced rice cakes in a clear beef broth, traditionally eaten on New Year's Day for good luck and longevity.

🇲🇻Maldives

Rihaakuru Dhiya

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Rihaakuru thinned with coconut milk into a savoury sauce or soup, eaten with rice or roshi — a simple, everyday Maldivian dish.

🇮🇹Venice, Italy

Risi e Bisi

Venetian rice-and-peas dish, halfway between a soup and a risotto, traditionally served on St. Mark's Day with fresh young peas and pancetta.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Ričet

Pearl barley cooked slowly with beans, root vegetables and a piece of smoked pork or klobasa until it thickens into a spoon-standing pot.

🇷🇴Romania

Romanian Chicken Sour Soup

Ciorbă de pui

Chicken on the bone simmered with carrots, parsnip and root celery in a clear broth soured with borș or lemon and finished with lovage and a swirl of beaten egg.

🇸🇪Sweden

Rose Hip Soup

Nyponsoppa

Sweet fruit soup made from rose hips, high in vitamin C, served hot or cold as a dessert or snack.

🇵🇱Poland

Rosół

The queen of Polish soups: a clear, golden chicken (or hen) broth simmered for hours with vegetables and herbs. Served with fine egg noodles, a Sunday and wedding classic.

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Rumfordsche Suppe

Rumfordsche Suppe is a thick historical Bavarian soup of barley, peas, potatoes and root vegetables cooked into a nourishing bowl.

🇫🇮Finland

Rutabaga Soup

Lanttukeitto

Soup made with rutabaga (swede), a traditional warming winter dish with earthy sweetness.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Rybi Polevka

Rybí polévka

Traditional Christmas carp soup.

🇫🇴Faroe Islands

Røst Súpan

Suppa

A soup made from boiled fermented lamb with vegetables, often beets; a seasonal dish made from ræst kjøt; a traditional Faroese winter soup; a feature of the autumn and winter diet; a deeply savoury, umami-rich dish.

🇷🇴Romanian Moldavia, Romania

Rădăuți Chicken Soup

Ciorbă rădăuțeană

A creamy chicken soup with strips of white meat, soured with vinegar and thickened with egg yolk, sour cream and garlic.