Суп ХАРЧО / Kharcho Soup

Gypo · 11 Aug 2019 at 11:25

Do we have any Georgian / Russian members, or anybody who has made Beef Kharcho soup before?

I'm wondering how good the pre-made Khmeli-Suneli mix is you can buy, or should I make one myself? Would you use marigold flowers and would you sub out tamarind for lemon juice?

Spasiba / Спасибо

Participant · 11 Aug 2019 at 11:42

Sort of unrelated sorry OP, but have you seen the 'Bald and Bankrupt' channel on YouTube?

He's a budget traveller (English but seems to speak good Russian) with a very relaxed and entertaining style, and much of his travelling is around the former-Soviet states, including recently Georgia. He comments on / reviews cheap local food a lot too, so might be of incidental interest!

E.g.

Gypo · 11 Aug 2019 at 13:41

Participant said:
Sort of unrelated sorry OP, but have you seen the 'Bald and Bankrupt' channel on YouTube?

He's a budget traveller (English but seems to speak good Russian) with a very relaxed and entertaining style, and much of his travelling is around the former-Soviet states, including recently Georgia. He comments on / reviews cheap local food a lot too, so might be of incidental interest!

E.g.

Yes mate followed Bald and Harald for quite some time, that's where I got the Kharcho idea from as they were served it in the bus station

Participant · 11 Aug 2019 at 14:07

Gypo said:
Yes mate followed Bald and Harald for quite some time, that's where I got the Kharcho idea from as they were served it in the bus station

Cool. I find his videos absolutely fascinating as I know relatively little about those states. The way they still live in some places is like it's still 1940.

neoboy · 11 Aug 2019 at 14:37

"Hack" version with your ingredients from a regular supermarket works well enough, most versions in Russian speaking nations would be like that without the exotic stuff.

Watch his channel too once in a while, something like this is probably closer to what he would have had of he was in Belarus/Ukraine/Russia.

Don't make it often but when I do I sometimes like to substitute the rice for barley.

Gypo · 11 Aug 2019 at 15:29

Thanks for the tips Neoboy.

I did think about using pearl barley rather than rice, and have nearly all of the ingredients to make the spice rub from scratch its just the quantities.

Roughneck · 1 Nov 2019 at 09:33

Participant said:
Sort of unrelated sorry OP, but have you seen the 'Bald and Bankrupt' channel on YouTube?

He's a budget traveller (English but seems to speak good Russian) with a very relaxed and entertaining style, and much of his travelling is around the former-Soviet states, including recently Georgia. He comments on / reviews cheap local food a lot too, so might be of incidental interest!

E.g.

seems sketchy according to this https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldAndBaldrDossier/