List of sour soups

Various sour soups, named for their characteristic sour taste, are known in various East Asian, Southeast Asian, and the cuisines of Eastern Europe.

Sour soup
Spicy sour soup flavoured with tamarind, dried shrimps, and salted soy beans
TypeSoup
VariationsMany

Asian origin

Slavic origin

Romania and Moldova

  • Borș, term from the historic region of Moldavia for sour soups or fermented wheat bran, essential ingredient to cook Ciorbă.

See also

Lime soup (Sopa de lima) from Mexico's Yucatan peninsula