Okroshka on a mineral water is a tasty, satisfying and thirst-quenching dish that no one ever refuses. It is worth noting that such a cold summer soup will include only simple, affordable and inexpensive ingredients.
How to cook okroshka on a mineral water: a step-by-step recipe
Required Products:
- freshly picked small radish - 6 pcs;
- cooked sausage - 150 g;
- fresh greens (leek, dill, parsley) - half the bunch;
- mineral water (possible with gas and without) - 2 l;
- medium-sized young potatoes - 4 tubers;
- small fresh cucumber - 3-4 pcs;
- boiled chicken egg - 3 pcs;
- fresh lemon - ½ part;
- high fat mayonnaise - 120 g;
- small iodized salt - at personal discretion.
The process of processing the main ingredients
Okroshka on a mineral water is cooked exactly like a similar dish with the addition of kvass. Wash potato tubers well and boil them with chicken eggs in salt water. Further, the products need to be cooled, peeled and peeled. After that, you need to start processing fresh ingredients. Radish and cucumbers should be rinsed, freed from the stalks and tails, and then chopped into medium-sized cubes together with boiled potatoes and eggs.
To make okroshka on a mineral water more aromatic, it is recommended to add a special dressing to it. To do this, rinse fresh dill, leek and parsley, finely chop them with a knife, place in a bowl and squeeze half a lemon there. Next, the ingredients need to be crushed with a spoon and left aside for several minutes (so that the greens give out the juice). At the same time, you should do the processing of sausages. For such a summer dish, it is best to purchase a
doctor’s sausage, but if desired, it can be replaced with boiled meat without fat (veal or chicken breast). Shredding this product is recommended in small cubes (like vegetables).
Dish formation
An okroshka on a mineral water is formed as follows: in a large bowl or pan, combine chopped potatoes, eggs, sausage, radish and cucumber. All ingredients must be mixed, seasoned with iodized salt and herbs, which were previously soaked in lemon juice. Next, you need to start preparing refueling. To do this, in a jar you need to mix high-fat mayonnaise and mineral water (with or without gas). After this, the cold broth should be poured into the vegetable mass and mixed thoroughly. It is advisable to carry out such a procedure before serving the dish directly to the table.
Right feed
Okroshka on mineral water and mayonnaise is served to the table only in a chilled state. For this light summer lunch, it is recommended to additionally present wheat or rye bread.
Useful information
You can cook a thirsty and satisfying dish called okroshka not only with carbonated mineral water and high-calorie mayonnaise, but also with the help of low-fat kefir, sour cream or vigorous chilled kvass.