Diet
9 vegetarian soups in Soupmap Recipes, including Kenchinjiru, Tomato and egg drop soup and Tomato rasam. Tested recipes with honest timings, a servings scaler and timers.
9 recipes
Japan · Hearty & chunky
Kenchinjiru (temple-style vegetable soup)
Root vegetables, shiitake and torn tofu fried in sesame oil, then simmered in kombu-shiitake dashi and seasoned with soy. A clear, savoury soup with no meat or fish at all.
Photo: 円周率３パーセント, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
China · Clear & light
Tomato and egg drop soup
Ripe tomatoes cooked down in oil until jammy, simmered into a sweet-sour broth and finished with silky egg ribbons and sesame oil. China's everyday soup, in 25 minutes.
Photo: NNU-10-HanRongrong, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
India · Clear & light
Tomato rasam
A thin, sour, peppery South Indian soup of tamarind and tomato, seasoned with freshly ground spices and finished with a sizzling tadka of mustard seed, cumin and curry leaves.
Photo: Mailz2kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Turkey · Smooth & creamy
Mercimek çorbası (Turkish red lentil soup)
Red lentils, onion, carrot and potato simmered and blended silky, then topped with butter sizzled with chilli flakes and dried mint. Turkey's everyday soup.
Photo: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Italy · Hearty & chunky
Ribollita (Tuscan bean and bread soup)
A thick Tuscan soup of cannellini beans, cavolo nero and stale bread, made one day and reboiled the next. Finished at the table with a generous pour of olive oil.
Photo: Ithunn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Spain · Hearty & chunky
Sopa de ajo (Castilian garlic soup)
Sliced garlic and stale bread fried in olive oil, reddened with smoked pimentón and simmered into a rustic broth, with an egg poached in each bowl. Ready in 30 minutes.
Photo: Adriao, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Spain · Chilled
Andalusian gazpacho
The cold soup of southern Spain. Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper and garlic blended with bread, sherry vinegar and olive oil until silky, then chilled until icy.
Photo: Bocadorada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bulgaria · Chilled
Tarator (Bulgarian cold cucumber and yoghurt soup)
Tangy yoghurt thinned with iced water, crisp cucumber, garlic, dill, walnuts and a thread of sunflower oil. Bulgaria's summer soup, made in 15 minutes without a stove.
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cuba · Hearty & chunky
Sopa de frijoles negros (Cuban black bean soup)
Dried black beans simmered until creamy, a slow olive-oil sofrito with cumin and oregano, a splash of vinegar and sherry, part puréed. Vegan as written, and better the next day.
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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