Sop saudara


Sop saudara is an Indonesian spicy beef or buffalo soup specialty of Makassar city, South Sulawesi. The soup is commonly served with steamed rice and ikan bolu bakar.

Ingredients

Sop saudara is a richly spiced soup contains bits of beef or buffalo meat and its offals, rice vermicelli, perkedel and hard boiled egg. The soup is made of rich beef stock, spiced with a mixture of spices. The spices includes garlic, shallot, candlenut, coriander, caraway, ginger, galangal, lime leaf, lemongrass, nutmeg and cinnamon. Garnishing include chopped scallion and bawang goreng.

Origin

Sop saudara was created by Haji Dollahi, he worked for Haji Subair, a famous Coto Makassar traditional meat soup seller in Makassar circa 1950s. Both men hailed from a town in Pangkajene Islands Regency and made their business in selling traditional meat soup.
After three years working for Haji Subair, Haji Dollahi decided to establish his own business in 1957. His first stall was located in Karebosi area, Makassar. The name "sop saudara" which means "brotherly soup" was inspired from the name coto paraikatte. In Makassar dialect, paraikatte means "relative", "fellow" or "kin", thus Haji Dollahi wished the soup will promote a brotherly sentiment with his customers.