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| Type | Soup |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Georgia |
| Main ingredients | Meat (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, or goose), rice, cherry plum purée, English walnuts |
Kharcho, also spelled as Harcho (Georgian: ხარჩო), is a traditional Georgian soup containing beef, rice, cherry plum purée and chopped walnuts (Juglans regia). The soup is usually served with finely chopped fresh coriander. The characteristic ingredients of the soup are meat, cherry plum purée made from tklapi or tkemali, rice, chopped walnuts and a spice mix which varies between different regions of Georgia.
The meat can be beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goose.[1][2]
In the Samegrelo region, Megrelian kharcho is made as a stew rather than a soup. Rice is excluded and it is typically served over a bed of ghomi (Georgian polenta).[3]
