Begova corba (the Bey's soup) is the rich Ottoman-Bosnian soup of beef or lamb, okra, parsley, carrot and lemon, finished with a roux to thicken.
The soup's name attaches to the Ottoman Bosnian administrative class (beys, the regional governors); recipes appear in 19th-century Sarajevo cookbooks and were anchored in the Habsburg-era publication of Bosnian household kitchens. Dveri on Prote Bakovica and Inat Kuca on Veliki Alifakovac both work the canonical Sarajevo version with okra, lemon and a blond-roux thickening that distinguishes the Bosnian soup from its Turkish cousins.
4 editor picks for Begova Corba in Sarajevo, ranked by editorial score. All Sarajevo signature dishes · Begova Corba across every city.
Kibe Mahala ★ 4.7
vratnik · Vrbanjusa 106, 71000 Sarajevo
Kibe Mahala sits on a Vratnik hillside above Bascarsija, where spit-roasted lamb, sahan platters and Herzegovinian wine come with a panoramic view.
Dveri ★ 4.6
bascarsija · Prote Bakovica 12, 71000 Sarajevo
Dveri off Saraci in Bascarsija is the family Bosnian room behind a wood-shuttered facade, with a flowered courtyard and hearty lonac on every table.
Inat Kuca ★ 4.5
kovaci · Veliki Alifakovac 1, 71000 Sarajevo
Inat Kuca in Sarajevo's Kovaci is the Spite House, an Ottoman house moved across the Miljacka in 1895 and now a Bosnian restaurant for sahan and lonac.
Nanina Kuhinja ★ 4.5
bascarsija · Kundurdziluk 35, 71000 Sarajevo
Nanina Kuhinja on Kundurdziluk in Sarajevo Bascarsija cooks Bosnian dishes the way a nana would, with klepe, sarma and bosanski lonac through the day.