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6 soups ready in 30 minutes or less in Soupmap Recipes, including Kakitamajiru, Tomato and egg drop soup and Tomato rasam. Tested recipes with honest timings, a servings scaler and timers.
6 recipes
Japan · Clear & light
Kakitamajiru (Japanese egg-drop soup)
A clear dashi seasoned with light soy, salt and mirin, barely thickened so beaten egg sets in soft, floating clouds. A gentle Japanese soup, in the bowl in 25 minutes.
Photo: Masahiko OHKUBO from Kobe, Japan, CC BY 2.0, 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
Italy · Clear & light
Stracciatella (Roman egg-drop soup)
Hot chicken broth with eggs, parmigiano, semolina and nutmeg whisked in so they set into soft "little rags". Rome's fastest soup, on the table in 15 minutes.
Photo: Mike.lifeguard, 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
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
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