East Africa · Soup
Shorba (Spiced Lamb Bone Broth with Vegetables)
A comforting, golden South Sudanese lamb broth infused with whole cardamom, cinnamon, and stewed market vegetables.
The story
Prepared extensively across South Sudan for wedding feasts, religious festivities, and to restore vitality to new mothers and the sick, Shorba is the country's foundational restorative broth. Nilotic pastoralist traditions place high value on utilizing marrow-rich lamb cuts, ensuring that slow extraction renders a rich gelatinous body without requiring commercial thickeners. The broth is gently spiced with a characteristic blend of whole warming aromatics—notably black peppercorns, cardamom, and cinnamon—imparting deep warmth without masking the sweet pasture-fed lamb essence.
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