What is the name of a cold russian soup made from bitter or sour leaves?

Question

My russian grandmother used to make a soup pronounced "Cheveyal" or "Shevel". It was made from these green leaves that were sour/bitter. I want to know what these leaves/plant are. I thought it was Sorrel but its not. Any ideas. Its a very popular village soup that russians and ukranians make?

Answer 1

The name of the soup you are looking for is okroshka. One of the herbs used is chervil. It is made with sour milk.

Answer 2

sorrel is an herb. try wiki's here they do have some list of soup cold or hot from russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cui...

Answer 3

Russian щавель (schavel') is sorrel :-) You can look in a Russian-English dictionary.

Spring sorrel soup

http://ashy-macbean.com/soups/sorrelsoup...

Sorrel soup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorrel_soup

Frances Malkowicz's Polish Sorrel Soup

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ubbs/archiv...

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