There are many ways to do okroshka. This dish can be vegetarian and with meat, kefir, whey, kvass or boiled water with mayonnaise. In general, each experienced housewife has her own signature recipe for okroshka, which she serves at the table in the summer heat or prepares by January 1 in order to help her relatives recover from the heavy consumption of fatty, salty and other harmful foods on New Year's Eve. There are several fairly universal options for this dish, having mastered which you can experiment with the ingredients based on your taste.
How to make okroshka. Kvass recipeThis is perhaps the most common way to cook traditional “cold soup”. It will be appropriate both in the summer heat and after a grandiose feast. Thinking about how to make okroshka on kvass? First you need to get the required amount of this drink. In the summer it is usually in free sale, but in the winter it can be difficult. Many housewives use home-made kvass, which only positively affects the final dish, but you need to think about this in advance to get the drink on time.
For 1 serving of soup you need to take a glass of kvass, 1 small cucumber, several radishes (if any), medium potatoes (pre-boiled in a peel), 1 egg (boiled), boiled pork, ham or boiled sausage - 50 g. A tablespoon will also be needed sour cream, a little hot mustard, salt with ground pepper and more herbs, which is available.
Some housewives argue about how to make okroshka - finely chop all the ingredients or leave them large so that everyone can taste. In principle, the first and second options have the right to exist, but initially the name of the dish arose from the verb “crumble”. That is, it turns out that small cuts will be more correct. Although if it is customary in the family, for example, to add ingredients to salads in large pieces, then with okroshka you can do the same.
Potatoes should be peeled, eggs too, wash the vegetables and cut everything in about the same cubes. Finely chop the greens. Then combine all the components, salt, add mustard and pepper, pour kvass and mix. When serving, put a spoonful of sour cream in each plate.
How to make okroshka on serum
In this embodiment, the dish is prepared mainly in the summer, as it turns out to be very light and healthy. For 4 servings of okroshka take a liter of serum, a large cucumber, 2 medium potatoes (boiled in a peel), 100 g of cooked sausage, 2 eggs, herbs, sour cream to taste.
This recipe has one little secret. Before cooking okroshka, you need to chop the greens and crush it with salt in the same bowl where the rest of the ingredients will be sent in the future. In this case, it will start up juice, thanks to which the dish will receive an additional piquant taste and unique aroma.
The remaining components are cleaned, crumbled into cubes and sent to greens. Then add salt, mix and refrigerate. When serving, pour the whey and add sour cream.
Okroshka on mayonnaiseMore precisely, the dish is cooked in boiled water. It is intended mainly for those who do not like okroshka with kvass or whey. The process takes a minimum of time, literally 20 minutes. For one and a half liters of cold boiled water take 5 boiled eggs, a bunch of green onions and parsley, 4 fresh cucumbers, about 300 g of Doctor's sausage, 200 g of mayonnaise, salt, ground pepper, a little mustard .
The vegetables are washed and cut into cubes, the sausage is also chopped quite finely, chopped greens, mix everything. Boiled eggs are cleaned, the protein is separated from the yolk, crushed and added to the rest of the ingredients. The yolk is kneaded, mixed with mayonnaise and mustard, and then diluted with water, after which it is salted to taste and pepper is added. Then the remaining ingredients are poured with the obtained liquid. You can add ice when serving.