schav

[ shahv, shchahv ]
/ ʃɑv, ʃtʃɑv /

noun Jewish or Eastern European Cookery.

a cold soup of sorrel to which chopped egg, sour cream, lemon juice, and chopped scallions are sometimes added.

Origin of schav

< Yiddish shtshav sorrel, soup made with sorrel < Polish szczaw, akin to Czech štʾavel, Serbo-Croatian štàvelj, Russian shchavélʾ sorrel