The key facts
- On October 24, 2026, Gazeta.uz published a roundup of nine soup recipes from the Zira.uz website in Russian and Uzbek
- The roundup features shurpa in a clay pot, French onion soup, Turkish soup with meatballs, tokmach, tomato soup with beans, Hungarian goulash, chuchvara shurpa, spicy chicken soup, and borscht
- The Russian and Uzbek versions describe the same recipes but with different names and emphases
A collection of soup recipes
On October 24, 2026, Gazeta.uz published a culinary roundup titled “What to Cook: Hot Soups”, compiled from recipes on the Zira.uz website. The piece was released simultaneously in two versions — in Russian and in Uzbek, with the dish names and descriptions differing partially between them.
Composition of the roundup
The Russian-language version included nine recipes: shurpa in a clay pot (according to the outlet, soups in pots come out “simply unreal”), French onion soup, Turkish soup with meatballs, chicken soup with homemade noodles — tokmach, tomato soup with beans, Hungarian goulash soup made with beef, chuchvara shurpa, spicy chicken soup, and traditional borscht. The outlet notes that the secret of tokmach’s taste is “simplicity of preparation and a minimum of ingredients”, the spicy chicken soup stands out for the addition of cinnamon, and the goulash is described as a Hungarian national dish.
Differences between the versions
In the Uzbek-language version, the roundup is titled “Nima tayyorlaymiz: issiqqina sho‘rvalar”. Shurpa in a clay pot appears there as “ko‘za sho‘rva”, and the chicken noodle soup as “Qo‘lbola lag‘mondan tovuq sho‘rva — tokmach”. The spicy chicken soup is called “tovuqdan ziravorli sho‘rva” in the Uzbek version. The set of dishes is the same in both versions: the same nine recipes, including chuchvara shurpa, described as “a hearty soup with dumplings in the Uzbek style”in the Russian version and “to‘yimli sho‘rva” in the Uzbek one. In both versions, the Gazeta.uz editorial team emphasizes that borscht remains a welcome first course “both in winter and in summer”».
Context and limitations
The roundup is purely advisory in nature and is not connected with any incident or rule change: it is an ordinary culinary piece that Gazeta.uz publishes on a regular basis. All the recipes are posted on the Zira.uz website, from which the outlet takes material for such roundups. The publications provide no additional information about the popularity of the recipes or readers’ reactions.
