Chorba, the Arabic word for soup, is a hearty potage that varies throughout North Africa and further afield. Accompanied by savoury pastries, chorba is often served during Ramadan (the Islamic holy month of fasting when Muslims don’t eat or drink during daylight hours) because it’s easy to prepare and perfect for sharing..

Chorba or shorba is variously derived from the Arabic word meaning gravy, or from a Persian term شوربا from shor ("salty, brackish") and ba/ab, آب، ما ("water/stew"), or from a hypothetical cognate word common to Persian and Arabic.

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