Sop saudara

Sop Saudara

A bowl of sop saudara
Alternative names	Sop Sodara
Course	Main
Place of origin	Indonesia
Region or state	Makassar, South Sulawesi
Created by	Haji Dollahi
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	beef or buffalo meat, cow's lung, rice vermicelli, perkedel, ginger, galangal, lime leaf, lemongrass, nutmeg, cinnamon

Sop saudara is a spicy beef or buffalo soup specialty of Makassar city, South Sulawesi. The soup is commonly served with steamed rice and ikan bolu bakar (grilled milkfish ).

Sop saudara is a richly spiced soup contains bits of beef or buffalo meat and its offals (usually fried cow's lungs), rice vermicelli, perkedel (fried potato patty) and hard boiled egg. The soup is made of rich beef , 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 (crispy fried shallot).

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 (Pangkajene Kepulauan or Pangkep) 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 (the name of warung that sells Coto Makassar).In Makassar dialect, paraikatte means "relative", "fellow" or "kin", thus Haji Dollahi wished the soup will promote a brotherly sentiment with his customers.