Okroshka is a traditional cold soup that is prepared in many countries around the world.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – July 18, 2021 – Kitchen
For example, in Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia there is a tarator on sour milk, but without meat and eggs, but with garlic and walnuts. In Lithuanian cuisine, cold borscht or “khladnik” is prepared with beets. In Turkey, a cold soup based on yogurt with cucumbers and herbs is called a gadget. It is often served with main dishes instead of salad. In Kyrgyz cuisine, you can find milk okroshka called chalop, and in Azerbaijan – dogramach. According to the recipe below, you can cook cold okroshka with lightly salted kefir-based salmon.
Ingredients:
600 ml of mineral water
300 ml of 1% kefir
130 g of lightly salted salmon
3 boiled eggs
3 boiled potatoes
1 cucumber
2 st. l. lemon juice
4-5 feathers of green onions
a bunch of dills
1/2 tsp salt
Step by step preparation:
1. Wash potatoes and boil in salted water until cooked. Boil the eggs hard. Wash vegetables and greens well under running water.
2. Cut into small cubes boiled eggs, potatoes, fresh cucumber, lightly salted salmon, green onions, and dill.
3. For refueling we use kefir and still mineral water. To adjust the acid of the cold soup, squeeze into a container of about 2 tbsp. l of lemon juice. You can add more to the taste. Kefir and water are used in a ratio of 1: 2. For every 100 ml of kefir add 200 ml of water. It is not necessary to buy mineral water to prepare okroshka, you can use cold boiled water. Salt to taste and leave to infuse for 10-15 minutes.
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Source: Ukrgate