Alternative names | Sop kambing |
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Type | Soup |
Course | Main course |
Associated cuisine | Indonesia,[1] Malaysia,[2] Singapore[2] |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Mutton or goat meat |
Sup kambing or sop kambing (Indonesian and Malay for 'goat soup') is a Southeast Asian mutton soup, commonly found in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.[1][2] It is prepared with goat meat, tomato, celery, spring onion, ginger, candlenut and lime leaf, its broth is yellowish in colour.[1] Sup kambing is quite widespread as numbers of similar goat meat soup recipes can be found throughout Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
In Indonesia, it is mostly associated with Malay of Medan,[3] Betawi[4] and Madurese cuisine,[5] although it is also common in Java. Nevertheless, Javanese are more likely to cook their goat meat as tongseng or Javanese-style soupy gulai instead. Traditionally, sup kambing together with gulai and sate kambing are quite widespread during Eid al-Adha, as large amount of goat meat and offals being distributed among people.
In Malaysia, sup kambing is also associated with the Muslim Malaysian Indian community and believed to be of Indian origin. In Singapore, the dish is also associated with the Muslim Indian community of the island.[6]