With the onset of hot summer days, okroshka is onkefir is probably becoming the most popular dish. Light cold soup perfectly satisfies not only hunger, but also thirst. It is not too high in calories, so you can safely eat the dish without worrying about your figure. The indisputable advantages of the dish include, firstly, the speed of preparation, and secondly, the availability of products. All the ingredients are not very expensive and are sold in stores all year round. So okroshka from kefir can be made at any time of the year. The main thing is to find a suitable recipe, because there are a huge number of them: meat, sausage, chicken, and so on are added to the soup. Let's look together at the subtleties and nuances that you should pay attention to when preparing the dish.
Summer soup with boiled sausage
Do you want to make okroshka from kefir?We offer the most basic recipe. The soup can be prepared with the addition of chicken or beef, but we will take a more economical product - boiled sausage. Ingredients:
- 20 grams of green onions
- one large cucumber or two small
- four potatoes
- 15 grams of parsley
- three chicken eggs
- 100 grams of boiled sausage
- black pepper (ground) - if desired
- tablespoon of ordinary vinegar
- table salt - to taste
- 200 milliliters of kefir medium fat
- 0.5 cups of boiled and chilled water
Method of preparation:You can also make a delicious okroshka with kefir using mineral water, but this is a completely different recipe. To prepare the dish, bring regular water to a boil and then cool it. Meanwhile, boil eggs in one pan and potatoes in another, without peeling them, that is, “in their skins.” Chop the green onion feathers into thin rings with a knife, and the sausage and fresh cucumber into cubes. When the eggs and potatoes are ready, cool them, then peel and cut into small pieces. Chop the parsley as finely as possible. Now put all the ingredients in one pan, pour in kefir, then water and add vinegar, salt and freshly ground pepper to your taste. You can prepare summer soup in different ways: some like to chop the ingredients very finely, while others, on the contrary, like them a little larger. Each housewife does it at her own discretion. Okroshka on kefir should be infused for some time, then its taste will be more intense. So put the dish in the refrigerator and wait a little. We think this recipe will take root in every home, especially with the onset of spring and summer. By the way, table vinegar can be replaced with freshly squeezed sour lemon juice - the result will be the same.
Unusual okroshka with yolks, butter and yogurt
This recipe is probably unfamiliar to you.After all, not every housewife has tried to cook okroshka with kefir and fresh egg yolks, whipped with vegetable oil. But believe me, even if it doesn’t sound very appetizing, in fact the dish turns out to be unique, but undoubtedly delicious. Try it! Cooking time: 40 minutes. Ingredients: For 4 servings you will need:
- 3-4 fresh cloves of garlic
- salt
- 1 bunch of dill
- 2 bunches of parsley
- 1 fresh cucumber
- half a liter of fatty yogurt
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon of melted butter
- 4 tablespoons ground hazelnuts
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ground black pepper
- sprigs of dill for decoration
Method of preparation:There are still no clear recommendations on how to properly prepare a delicious summer okroshka with kefir. In this case, the procedure for cutting the products is interesting. The fact is that some cooks advocate that all the ingredients should be chopped into large pieces, while others, on the contrary, believe that the dish is much tastier if they are chopped. Be that as it may, let's look at the second recipe. Peel the garlic cloves, chop coarsely and mash into a gruel with the addition of a small amount of salt. Rinse the dill and parsley, dry and chop finely. Peel the fresh cucumber with a brush under running water, dry, then cut in half, remove the seeds with a spoon and cut the pulp into very small cubes. Whip the kefir into a foam with the addition of yolks, vegetable and butter. Add the garlic gruel, herbs, cubes of fresh cucumber and hazelnuts. By the way, if you don't have fresh garlic, you can prepare the dish using dried granulated product. Season the salad generously with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Before serving, cool the salad very much and add a few ice cubes. Garnish with dill sprigs. If you like okroshka with kefir, experiment, using one or another recipe. After all, each dish is good in its own way, all that's left is to find "your own".
Okroshka "Tsvetnaya" with beets on yogurt
Many people are used to making cold soup.exclusively on whey. Some instead add boiled water mixed with either sour cream or mayonnaise. We, in turn, suggest making an appetizing beetroot okroshka with kefir. Thanks to this vegetable, the dish has a beautiful slightly pinkish color, and the taste is beyond praise. Ingredients:
- bunch of fresh dill
- small boiled beet - one piece
- 30 grams of green onions
- three boiled eggs
- 100 grams of fresh cucumber
- the same amount of radish
- a glass of fatty yogurt
- Salt and sugar - to taste
- citric acid - optional
Method of preparation:Okroshka with kefir is a very light dish that can be consumed in huge quantities and still not get full. Naturally, making soup in the summer is not the slightest bit difficult, because all the vegetables are available for sale. Just keep in mind that cucumbers bought at the market from grandma may turn out to be quite bitter. In this case, be sure to peel them in advance so as not to spoil the okroshka with kefir later. Well, are you ready to get started? Then start cooking with the simplest: chop the green onions as finely as possible, as well as the dill. Then put them in a saucepan, season with salt and mash with a fork. Beets and eggs should be boiled in advance. Keep in mind that the vegetable is cooked for at least 60 minutes, so calculate the time correctly. Otherwise, it may happen that hungry family members will already sit down at the table, and okroshka with kefir will only be in the future. So, when the products are cooked, hold them under cold water to cool them. Then remove the shells from the eggs and cut them into cubes, and grate the peeled beets on a medium grater. Now it's the turn of the cucumbers and radishes: chop them into not too large pieces. Then combine the ingredients in one bowl with greens and onions, pouring kefir over them. If desired, you can add two or three pinches of salt and citric acid for taste. This recipe, as you can see, excludes the use of boiled potatoes, but such a dish also has a right to exist.
Okroshka on the basis of mineral water and kefir
Have you ever tried making okroshka?kefir with mineral water? If not, then it's high time to try this recipe. You need to prepare properly for the spring-summer season, because with the onset of hot weather you will want something light and cool. Therefore, vegetable soup will be just the perfect dish. In addition, it is incredibly easy to prepare - all you need to do is chop and mix - and the products are absolutely inexpensive. Ingredients:
- three large boiled potatoes
- 500 milliliters of kefir (we recommend buying a product of medium fat content)
- one liter of medium-sized mineral water
- one cucumber
- 100 grams of beef (it should first be boiled)
- 20 grams of green onions
- two eggs (pre-cooked)
- one and a half glasses of sour cream
- 60 grams of radish
- table salt - to your taste
- dill
- half a lemon
Method of preparation:Many housewives add "Doctor's" sausage to the dish, but we decided to deviate from the usual canons, replacing it with boiled beef. To prepare okroshka, first finely chop the onion, as well as dill or parsley, depending on what greens you put in the dish. Mix the above products with a small amount of salt, sprinkling everything with lemon juice. Pre-boiled and peeled ingredients - eggs and potatoes - cut into not too large cubes. Process the radish in the same way. As for the cucumber, you can either grate it or chop it into strips. How to cook a cold vegetable soup, it's up to you to decide! Now "stretch" the meat with your hands into small fibers or cut into strips. There is very little left: stir sour cream and kefir in a liter of mineral water so that they completely dissolve. Pour the resulting mixture over the products and add a little salt. Enjoy your meal! As you can see, cooking okroshka is not at all difficult even for a person who has never stood at the stove. So go for it! Delight yourself and your loved ones with this light and very tasty cold soup - a classic dish of a hot summer.
