During the summer heat, many hot dishes lose their relevance. They are replaced by light snacks, all kinds of cold dishes and salads. But perhaps the okroshka remains the most popular summer dish. This national Russian dish has a fairly respectable age: more than a thousand years. Already in 989, records were made about kvass as a dressing for okroshka, previously called “radish with kvass”. The very name “okroshka” is a derivative of the verb “crumble”. This is something between a salad and a soup, which makes it a favorite dish of many people. Over time, okroshka recipes changed, it included new ingredients or new dressings. This peasant dish is truly unique: any ingredient can be successfully replaced with any other. Therefore, making okroshka is undoubtedly a creative process. The okroshka can be vegetable, meat or fish. The main rule for choosing ingredients for a dish is their neutral taste: for example, potatoes, carrots, turnips. In combination with herbs, the dish acquires a special refined taste. The composition of meat okroshka includes lean meat of different varieties. It can be turkey, beef, and chicken. Fish okroshka will give sweetness to pike perch, sturgeon or tench. When choosing a dressing for okroshka, you should completely rely on your taste, but still the most common is okroshka on kefir. Okroshka on kefir the recipe is very simple. First you need to prepare all the necessary ingredients. Okroshka on kefir recipe can include both vegetables and meat or fish. The simplest okroshka on kefir recipe is a recipe using boiled sausage. In order to prepare this delicious dish for eight to ten servings, you need to take about 300 g of boiled sausage, five to six boiled eggs, four medium boiled potatoes, about 200 g of radish, three to four large cucumbers, herbs, a liter of yogurt, about one and a half liters of water, salt and pepper. First, prepare the thick. To do this, all the ingredients are carefully chopped. You should not grind the products very much or try to cut them with jewelry precision, however, all the ingredients should be cut in one “style”: either all in cubes, or all in strips. If necessary, you can slightly knead the vegetables with a fork. All chopped products are put in a pan. A ready-made dish should be salted, otherwise juice will flow from the vegetables. Add finely chopped greens and onions. To prepare the dressing, it is necessary to pour the chopped ingredients with kefir and dilute with water. Mix thoroughly, add salt and pepper to taste. To give the dish a subtle acidity, add a teaspoon of citric acid. The dish is put in the refrigerator to cool. Okroshka on kefir recipe is quite simple to prepare, which makes it very popular among housewives who want to pamper their family with a delicious summer dish. No less popular is okroshka on serum. She is very satisfying, but non-nutritious.
Okroshka recipe for whey includes all the same products as okroshka seasoned with kefir. To prepare the dressing, salt and pepper are added to the whey to taste and finely chopped greens. If you wish, you can also add half a glass of cucumber pickle with mustard. The resulting dressing is poured into a mixture of chopped ingredients. If the dish is thick enough, it should be diluted with boiled or mineral water.
But still, the traditional version of the dish is okroshka on kvass, because only it gives this summer dish a rich taste.
Okroshka kvass recipe uses natural unsweetened kvass. However, if it is not possible to cook kvass at home, you can buy draft kvass from a barrel. Okroshka has a delicate and at the same time rich taste, is easy to prepare, and therefore will certainly become a favorite dish of the summer table.