The most relevant dish in the summer is okroshka. It is easy to prepare, does not cause a feeling of heaviness, is full of vitamins and everyone likes it. Each mistress has her own signature recipe for lean okroshka. For vegetarians, there are also several options for this dish. Kvass is traditionally used as the basis, but you can pour the ingredients with kefir, vegetable broth, whey, mineral water or brine.
Recipe History
The classic version of this dish has existed in Russia for a very long time. Useful kvass was greatly appreciated by our ancestors for its ability to give strength and great taste. In ancient times, the initial recipe for lean okroshka looked extremely simple. Black radish and onion were finely chopped and poured with warm kvass. After the thrifty housewives came up with the idea of putting various leftovers from the preparation of other dishes. For taste, they added greens and sour cream. I liked this dish so much that it began to be served in famous taverns and restaurants.
A complicated recipe for lean krosha from kvass from the eighteenth century included cucumbers, soaked plums, pickle, turnips, potatoes, radishes, and sometimes bread. The set of ingredients has become arbitrary. Mistresses simply took what was in abundance.
Lenten okroshka: recipe with photo
To prepare this well-known dish, we need the following ingredients based on three servings:
- 2 cucumbers;
- potatoes - 3 pcs.;
- 50 grams of green onions;
- parsley;
- 3 radishes;
- dill;
- sour cream or lean mayonnaise to taste;
- mustard to taste;
- mineral water - 1 l;
- black pepper;
- lemon juice to taste.
First step. What to do with potatoes
Potato for okroshka is better to take young, it is much tastier and there will be much less waste after processing. Several tubers should be washed well. The peel does not need to be peeled; to preserve the nutrients and taste, it is better to cook potatoes in their uniforms. Put in a small pot, add water so that the tubers are completely covered, salt, put on a small fire. Potatoes should be cooked with a tightly closed lid so that vitamins and useful trace elements are not destroyed. Some housewives improve their meatless okroshka recipe, replacing cooking vegetables for baking. So, according to them, much tastier. Ready potatoes should be peeled of their uniform, eyes, dark spots, cut into smaller cubes.
Step Two Cucumbers, radishes and greens
Rinse and dry vegetables with napkins or a towel. Then they should be cleaned of roots, stems, bitter parts. Cucumbers need to be cut into cubes, radishes - in neat slices. Put in a bowl and add a little salt. Let the juice run.
Remove green stems from yellow leaves. Cut it as small as possible. Add to a bowl with vegetables, sprinkle with black pepper, leave so that all the ingredients are filled with each other's aroma.
Step Three Cooking and dressing okroshka
Put potatoes, vegetables and herbs in a pan, add mustard, sour cream or mayonnaise, lemon juice. To stir thoroughly. Pour with chilled mineral water. All cooking along with the preparation of vegetables takes half an hour. This is a very light, healthy and tasty dish.
Okroshka with mushrooms lean
Almost any vegetarian loves and appreciates mushrooms. They perfectly complement Okroshka with their delicate taste and aroma. As a dressing for this option, it is better to use kvass, the taste of which perfectly combines with the aroma of forest gifts. All the mushrooms that are at hand will do - mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, chanterelles and oyster mushrooms. If there are salted mushrooms, they can simply be added to the rest of the ingredients.
Mushroom lean okroshka, the recipe of which is also quite simple, homemade people will surely like it. In addition to products from the main version, it includes:
- fresh mushrooms - 200 grams;
- white bread kvass - 0.7 l;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- table horseradish - to taste.
Peel the mushrooms, boil until tender, chop. Cool the broth, it will be needed for refueling. Boil the carrots and cut into small cubes.
Kvass mixed with horseradish and mushroom broth. There are no strict proportions, it all depends on taste preferences. Pour chopped vegetables, mix.
Beetroot soup
We will prepare this variation of okroshka from the following products:
- one beetroot;
- potatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
- 2 cucumbers;
- vinegar or lemon juice;
- 2-3 radishes;
- greens;
- green onions ;
- 1 carrot;
- garlic to taste;
- sour cream to taste.
Such a lean appetizer, the recipe of which is somewhat different from the other options, even has a separate name. Beetroot soup , or cold borsch, is especially useful thanks to additional ingredients.
Let's move on to cooking. Rinse the beets, peel, add water, put on a slow fire. To make the broth color brighter, it is worth adding a little vinegar at the beginning of cooking. Cool the broth. Finished beets, potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, chop radishes into cubes. Chop greens, let the garlic through the press. All products pour beetroot broth. Add sour cream. Mix well.
Conclusion
The basic lean okroshka recipe can be easily diversified by adding or removing some foods. This dish may also include tofu, green peas, radish, lettuce, spicy herbs. You just need to show your imagination and not be afraid to experiment. Homeworkers will certainly appreciate such a creative approach.