Georgian soups

Kharcho, also spelled Harcho (), is a traditional Georgian soup containing beef, rice, cherry plum purée, and chopped walnuts (Juglans regia), but they are not compulsory. The soup is seasoned with Khmeli Suneli and coriander. The soup is usually served with finely chopped fresh coriander. The characteristic ingredients of the soup are meat (usually fatty cuts of beef), cherry plum purée made from tklapi or tkemali, rice, chopped walnuts, and a spice mix that varies between different regions of Georgia.

Armenian dish with meat and chickpeas

Chikhirtma (, ) is a traditional Georgian soup. Chikhirtma is described as a soup almost completely without a vegetable base. It is made with chicken broth, thickened with beaten eggs (or only yolks).