What could be better than a light cold soup on a hot spring or summer day? Probably nothing. I don’t really want to eat anything hot in this weather, especially at lunchtime. And okroshka made with kefir or kvass, like all other cold first courses, is exactly what you need.
The history of this soup goes back to the distant past. No one knows exactly what nationality he belongs to. But be that as it may, okroshka is prepared and loved everywhere, although it goes by different names.
The base of the soup includes a variety of vegetables and meats cut into small cubes. Usually, potatoes, radishes, cucumbers (fresh or salted), herbs, and eggs are used for cooking. There are recipes that include tomatoes. Mustard is often added to the finished dish to give it an unusual taste. Meat products can be used at your discretion - sausage (boiled is best), chicken, beef, turkey, etc.
Traditionally, okroshka is prepared with kefir. In general, anything can be used as a dressing, that is, it is prepared with sour cream, water with vinegar, ayran is often used for these purposes, there is okroshka with whey and even with beer along with kefir. In Central Asian countries, this cold soup is made at chala. For those who don’t know, chal is camel milk. It turns out pretty good, I tell you.
As you understand, there are a huge number of recipes and techniques. Personally, I am a supporter of okroshka with kefir. And today, let’s look at several common and tasty recipes prepared with this fermented milk product.
Recipes for okroshka with kefir:
Classic okroshka on kefir with sausage
Let's start the review of recipes with the classic type based on kefir with sausage. It is best to use doctor's sausage. With it, this cold soup turns out tastier than using other types of sausages.
Ingredients:
- Boiled potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Boiled eggs - 6 pcs.
- Sausage - 400 gr.
- Cucumbers - 300 gr.
- Radish - 120 gr.
- Kefir – 1 liter
- Cold boiled water - 1 liter
- Onion, dill
- Salt - 1 tsp.
- Citric acid - 0.5 tsp.
Preparation:
That's all. The finished soup can be consumed immediately, but to make it even tastier, you should let it sit for at least half an hour. Bon appetit!
A simple recipe for okroshka with sausage and mustard
This recipe is almost the same as the previous one, with one difference - the presence of mustard in the dish. And we'll also add sour cream. It also turns out very tasty, with a special note that mustard will add. It's easy to prepare and doesn't take long.
What do you need:
- Kefir – 1 liter
- Sour cream - 0.5 liters
- Water - 1 liter
- Potatoes - 5 pieces
- Eggs - 5 pieces
- Cucumbers - 3 pieces
- Sausage - 0.5 kg.
- Dill
- Salt pepper
- Mustard - 1 tsp.
How to cook:
Can be served. An excellent solution to avoid standing at the stove for a long time on a hot summer day.
The most delicious okroshka with sausage and tomatoes
And now I want to show and tell you how to prepare delicious okroshka with kefir and tomatoes.
The recipe, of course, is somewhat unusual, but after trying it once, I am sure that you will really like it.
What you will need:
- Kefir - 1 l.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp.
- Doctor's sausage - 400 gr.
- Mineral water with gas - 1.5 l.
- Boiled potatoes - 7 pcs.
- Boiled eggs - 5 pcs.
- Greenery
- Radish - 150 gr.
- Cucumbers - 4 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Pepper, salt - to taste
How to cook:
If desired, you can add mustard. But since not everyone likes it, you can put mustard in a separate bowl next to the finished dish on the table. Eat and enjoy!
Recipe for classic okroshka on kefir with beef
You can prepare a very satisfying okroshka if you use boiled meat instead of sausage. Or both meat and sausage - it will be even more filling and nutritious. This is exactly the recipe I present to your attention.
Ingredients:
- Boiled beef - 300 gr.
- Eggs - 4 pcs.
- Potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Radish - 100 gr.
- Cucumbers - 4 pcs.
- Greenery
- Kefir
Preparation:
So we have prepared a dish that is not only tasty, healthy and satisfying, but also very refreshing in hot weather. Eat for your health!
Cooking classic okroshka on kefir with chicken
You can prepare this cold tonic soup not only with sausage or beef. It turns out just as tasty and satisfying if you use chicken or turkey as a base. Here's a look at how you can prepare it.
What you will need:
- Water - 1 liter
- Sour cream - 100 gr.
- Chicken meat - 400 gr.
- Mustard
- Potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Chicken eggs - 7 pcs.
- Lemon acid
- Kefir - 1 l.
- cucumbers
- Radish
- Greenery
How to cook:
The refreshing cold soup is ready. Bon appetit!
Simple okroshka with chicken without potatoes
For those who are on a diet and trying to lose weight, there is also a recipe that contains a minimum amount of calories due to the absence of meat and potatoes. What kind of okroshka will this turn out to be? So let's look at this simple recipe with you.
What you will need:
- Chicken breast - 1 pc.
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Cucumber - 1 pc.
- Granular cottage cheese - 100 gr.
- Kefir - 250 gr.
- Greens - to taste
Cooking:
The amount of ingredients is taken for one serving. Diet okroshka is ready to eat. Bon appetit!
Okroshka with chicken, sausage and tomatoes
A very tasty and unusual recipe. On top of everything else, it is also very filling. If you add beef meat to it, you get something altogether. This is a tiny mix with different ingredients.
To prepare you will need:
- Chicken (breast) - 2 pcs.
- Sausage - 250 gr.
- Kefir - 1.5 l.
- Water - 1 l.
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Cucumbers - 3 pcs.
- Greenery
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
- Potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Salt pepper
How to cook:
The cooking principle is the same as always. In order not to repeat myself, I will simply write this:
Chop all ingredients. Mix in a bowl. Salt and pepper to taste. Pour kefir over it all and add water to taste.
After mixing well, you can pour into portioned saucers and serve cold. Sprinkle with herbs on top before serving.
That's all! Interesting recipe?
Or maybe you've already tried something similar? It would be nice if you could share your experience in preparing this delicious dish.
Or maybe you prepared it in completely different variations that no one knows about? It would be nice to discuss this topic in the comments. Will wait.
Video recipe for classic okroshka with kefir
In this video you will learn about three types of filling for okroshka: kefir, sour white kvass, as well as water with cucumber and lemon, and the methods for preparing it. Enjoy your viewing!
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Hello, friends! We continue the conversation and will talk again today about this very interesting and tasty dish - okroshka with kefir. This option did not appear immediately, after all, in Rus' it was made primarily, because this particular bread drink was previously made in buckets, and maybe even barrels.
And then one cook added kefir instead of a strong potion, people appreciated it and ran the recipe across the fields and across the open spaces. By the way, it belongs to the category of dietary dishes. So, if you don’t want to put your figure to the test once again, then it’s better to take this option.
Everyone knows that the main ingredients in this cold soup are fresh vegetables and herbs.
Take them randomly, you can by eye, but you can avoid sausage and meat altogether. Today we’ll look at all the most popular and varied options for this seemingly simple first course.
Remember only one thing: all the ingredients will need to be chopped and chopped with a knife.
Place them in a deep container, and then season them and invite everyone to the dinner table.
Any Russian person will like such a white stew, but do you know why? Yes, because we Russians love such dishes for their simple execution, and also because they contain a lot of vegetables, and most importantly sausages.
Well, greens are no exception, as they are rich in vitamins. Also, the classic method of cooking okrokha can be used in the fight against excess weight. Take a look at these numbers.
Impressive? As you may have noticed, this plate shows everything by gram and includes beef tenderloin. This will be more correct and leaner, this is exactly what the folk recipe dictates. But that’s not about that now, we’ll talk about this combination later.
For many I know, this option will be a revelation, like for me. Definitely try it, because this liquid has not only a pleasant appearance, but also useful properties.
For horizons. Whey is a brilliant drink of youth and longevity.
What to do if there is no such elixir, try replacing it with at least any meat broth, it will also be good.
We will need:
- boiled potatoes - 3 pcs.
- fresh cucumbers - 3 pcs.
- boiled egg - 3 pcs.
- sausage – 280 g
- kefir - 1 l
- sour cream - 2-3 tbsp
- whey - 1 l
- greens - optional
- salt - optional
One such nuance, many people ask how many liters of liquid should be taken for the entire mass. Here, everyone decides for themselves, because some people like thick vegetable dishes, and some like thinner ones, regulate it yourself.
Cooking method:
1. To speed up the cooking process, take a vegetable cutter. Or, in general, you can use a nicer-dicer, hop-hop, and you’ll get such even and neat pieces.
You won't believe it. But the sausage also passes through such a nozzle, if you first cut it into pucks.
2. Also drive one chicken egg through it; to do this, you can first cut the egg in half and then pass it through. The result will be quite small and of the same structure.
3. But grate the second egg along with the cucumber into a red bowl. Add some salt and pepper. Add chopped onion and dill here. Take a potato masher and tap until all ingredients release their juices.
Take the biggest spoon and eat to your health! Bon appetit!
Video about how to prepare kefir okroshka for weight loss with beets
So you think the beets ended up here by chance. No, my dears, she wandered, walked and decided to get here. If you start scrolling through the information, you will find a lot of positive reviews about this vitamin-rich vegetable. The most important point is losing extra pounds.
Do you want to lose weight quickly? Then don't eat large portions.
By consuming beets here and now, you will replenish your body with vitamin C, B, E, A and PP. Well, the microelements are right here: phosphorus, iodine, sulfur, zinc, manganese, magnesium and sodium. And what is capable of destroying fats in our body is called betoin (it is found in beets), a food supplement that is included in all means in the fight against weight loss.
And here you have it in its pure form, take it and consume it. Such a cold dish in Belarusian style, ha they also say beetroot soup, will break the heart of anyone, even those who are on a diet, even those who just want to try it without any problems.
Recipe for okroshka with beef and potatoes
If you want to cheer up and cool down a little, then try this great option in hot weather. But it turns out that lactobacilli also live in kefir, which will help digestion and bring only one benefit to the entire system of the human body as a whole.
It’s worth looking at this fact positively, because after all, no one has canceled healthy eating.
We will need:
- beef boiled in salted water - 0.5 kg
- fresh cucumbers - 0.5 kg
- low-calorie kefir - 2.5 l
- egg - 5 pcs.
- potatoes - 4 pcs.
- dill and onion - 80 g
Cooking method:
1. Before you begin, you need to prepare all the ingredients for work. Take a look at the photo. Voila, this is how the workplace should be prepared. The eggs are peeled, the potatoes too, the cucumbers and herbs are washed very thoroughly under running cold water.
And the beef meat is separately cooked and chopped into large pieces.
The radish didn't make it into the frame, but it's there too.
2. Now all that remains is to chop all the components with a knife, do this carefully so as not to injure your fingers.
3. And even dill and onion greens, if the green onions are very young, then cut the heads themselves too. They won't interfere here at all.
4. Then combine all the ingredients that you just crushed into one pan, pour in the kefir, stir, add salt and serve with a soft crust of bread.
Classic recipe for vegetable soup with sausage
Another great option is to add mineral water and a spoonful of lemon juice, which will add another interesting flavor to this dish. All other ingredients will be familiar to everyone, you just need to take them fresh. But it’s better to choose sausage of better quality, rather than buy the cheapest one.
Any kefir, be it low-calorie or with a high percentage of fat, will do. It depends which one you like best, because you still have to dilute it.
We will need:
- cucumber - 6 pcs.
- boiled or semi-smoked sausage - 400 g
- radishes - 8 pcs.
- onion and dill greens - a large bunch
- eggs - 8 pcs.
- potatoes - 6 pcs.
- tomato - 2 pcs. optional
- kefir - 1 l
- sparkling mineral water – 1 l
- lemon - 1 tbsp juice
Cooking method:
1. Prepare all product components for use. First, put a saucepan and put washed potatoes and chicken eggs into it. Once they are ready, cool them and peel them. Grind into cubes.
2. Rinse green cucumbers and radishes well. If the skins are rough, cut off the skin. Cut some of the vegetables into cubes and grate the other.
Incredible. But just like that, you will feel all the aromas of nature.
3. And as it turned out, this is not all, to make it even tastier and fragrant, green onions and dill must first be chopped finely with a knife, then add salt and a potato masher, go through these components. Liquid will immediately release, but this is not the most important thing.
The greens will become soft and tender, they will not be rough in the finished dish.
Place the blanks in a deep container, you can even take a basin.
4. Stir the whole mass so that it turns out uniform. But it is not recommended to add salt right away, otherwise water will accumulate after a while.
Just before serving, combine kefir with mineral water, add a spoonful of lemon juice, stir, and as soon as you put it into portions, add salt and add the red ingredient (tomato). Also cut it into small square pieces. Happy discoveries!
The easiest way to prepare okroshka with chicken, but without potatoes
For me, this is no good, just like bread is the head of everything, I can’t imagine life without potatoes. How can you not use it or not like it at all? Tell me, maybe I'll understand then(.
Perhaps someone does this because it wasn’t in the bucket; perhaps they recently fried it with butter in their favorite frying pan?
This option is also good because it contains mustard, which is incomparably pleasing. After all, even in those distant times, Hippocrates called it a remedy. Therefore, sometimes even if you don’t like this vigorous mixture, you will have to add it.
You can also, if you want to recharge your energy, add some more grated horseradish.
We will need:
- Boiled chicken breast - 380 g
- Boiled eggs - 6 pcs.
- Radishes - 10 pcs.
- Cucumber - 5 pcs.
- Greens – 250 g
- Kefir - about 1 l
- Sour cream - 1 tbsp.
- Water - 1.5-2 l
- Mustard - 1.5 tbsp
- Salt, pepper, citric acid - optional
Cooking method:
1. Chop the boiled chicken breast into pieces. Chicken eggs, radishes and cucumbers too.
2. Chop the greens on a cutting board, the onions into small circles and rings. Chop the dill as finely as possible. Next, beat in a mortar or go through a potato masher.
3. Mix everything in a deep bowl and fill with kefir and water + sour cream. Season with salt, pepper and mustard.
4. Serve in a great mood only chilled and preferably with rye bread.
On hot summer days, it is better to diversify the menu with light dishes - such as okroshka with kefir. This cold soup perfectly quenches hunger and thirst. It is not very high in calories, so you can consume it without worrying about your figure. In addition, the advantages of okroshka include the speed of preparation and the availability of products: they are not very expensive and are sold in regular grocery stores.
Okroshka on kefir with sausage: recipe
According to the classic recipe, okroshka is prepared with kvass. For variety, try preparing another version of this summer dish - okroshka with kefir.
To prepare okroshka on kefir with boiled sausage you will need the following ingredients: - green onions – 20 g; - fresh cucumbers – 1 large or 2 small; - potatoes – 4 pieces; - boiled sausage – 100 g; - eggs – 3 pieces; - parsley – 15 g; - table vinegar – one tablespoon; - medium fat kefir – 200 ml; - chilled boiled water – half a glass; - freshly ground black pepper – optional; - table salt - to taste.
Products for okroshka can be cut very finely or slightly larger. Table vinegar can be replaced with lemon juice
Bring the water to a boil, then cool it. Meanwhile, boil the jacket potatoes and eggs in separate pans. Cut the green onions into rings, and the cucumbers and sausage into cubes. When the potatoes and eggs are cooked, cool them, then peel and cut into small pieces. Finely chop the parsley. Place all these ingredients in a saucepan, fill them with kefir and then chilled water. Add vinegar, salt and pepper. The okroshka should sit for a while, then its taste will become more intense. To do this, put the prepared summer soup in the refrigerator for a while.
Recipe for okroshka with mineral water and kefir
To prepare okroshka with mineral water and kefir you will need: - boiled potatoes – 3 pieces; - kefir (preferably medium fat content) – 500 ml; - medium carbonated mineral water – 1 liter; - cucumber – one piece; - boiled sausage (“Doctorskaya”) – 100 g; - green onions – 20 g; - hard-boiled eggs – 2 pieces; - sour cream – 1.5 cups; - radishes – 60 g; - lemon – 1/2 piece; - dill or parsley, table salt - to taste.
Finely chop the green onions, as well as parsley or dill. Stir the greens by adding a little salt and sprinkling with lemon juice. Peel the boiled potatoes and eggs and cut them into small cubes. Process the radishes in the same way. Chop the cucumber into strips or grate it. Cut the sausage into small cubes. Now stir kefir and sour cream in one liter of mineral water, and they should completely dissolve. Pour this mixture over the ingredients and add a little salt to your taste.
Recipe for okroshka on kefir with yolks
This recipe may be unfamiliar to you. Try making okroshka using kefir with egg yolks beaten with vegetable oil. It doesn't sound very appetizing, but the dish turns out to be unusual and tasty. You will need approximately 40 minutes to prepare.
For 4 servings of kefir okroshka with yolks you will need the following ingredients: - fresh garlic - 3-4 cloves; - fat kefir – 1/2 liter; - fresh cucumber – one piece; - raw egg yolks – 2 pieces; - dill – one bunch; - parsley – 2 bunches; - ground hazelnuts – 4 tablespoons; - freshly squeezed lemon juice – 1–2 tablespoons; - vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons; - melted butter – 1 tablespoon; - salt, ground black pepper - to taste.
After peeling the garlic cloves, chop them and crush them into a paste. Add some salt. After washing the parsley and dill, chop them finely. Cut the thoroughly washed cucumber in half and remove the seeds with a spoon, then cut the pulp into small cubes.
If you don't have fresh garlic, dried granulated garlic can be substituted.
Add the yolks, butter and vegetable oil to the kefir, then beat these ingredients into a foam. Add garlic pulp, chopped dill and parsley, cucumber cubes and ground nuts. Season the okroshka with lemon juice, pepper and salt. Chill the summer soup in the refrigerator or add a few ice cubes before serving. Decorate the okroshka with dill sprigs.
Whey okroshka recipe
To prepare okroshka with whey, you will need the following products: - boiled potatoes in their jackets - 4-5 pieces; - hard-boiled eggs – 4–5 pieces; - boiled sausage – 300 g; - medium-sized fresh cucumbers – 4 pieces; - thick sour cream or homemade mayonnaise – 1/2 liter; - whey (preferably homemade) – 3 liters; - green onions, dill, salt, citric acid - to taste.
Cold soup - rich in vitamins, nourishing, light, tasty - perfectly refreshes on a hot day, fills the body with vitamins, microelements, and beneficial minerals. Traditional okroshka is prepared with kvass or with a fermented milk product, diluted with meat broths and mineral water. Finely chopped fresh vegetables, aromatic herbs, meat combined with kefir filling create an original, unforgettable taste.
Secrets of making delicious okroshka with kefir
It’s easy to get a hearty, appetizing cold soup, like in the photo from cookbooks, by using some tricks. Secrets of making okroshka:
- It is recommended to prepare and store okroshka in an enamel bowl.
- It is advisable to use kefir with a fat content of 1-1.5% - fattier okroshka will become thicker.
- If the cold soup turns out to be thick, it is diluted with a small amount of mineral water, boiled water or potato broth (the one in which the potatoes were boiled without peeling).
- It is better to purchase mineral water in a supermarket; it is not recommended to take medicinal water from a pharmacy for preparation.
- Highly carbonated mineral water is not suitable for okroshka; it is better to use medium carbonated water, which does not allow the soup to foam too much, or mineral water without gases. It is well cooled before use.
- Grated fresh herbs with salt, fresh or canned horseradish, hot mustard, and coarse black pepper will add an unforgettable aroma to the dish.
- If sorrel is used to prepare cold soup, there is no need to add lemon juice or vinegar for sourness.
- The salad mixture of chopped vegetables can be left in the refrigerator, and poured with kefir dressing only before serving, placing it on plates.
- If slightly wilted greens are soaked in cold water before cooking, they will take on a fresh, beautiful appearance.
- Those who like thick okroshka are advised to mash the potatoes as if they were mashed potatoes, rather than cutting them into cubes.
Recipe for okroshka with kefir
Cold soup with kefir filling is easy to prepare. Fresh vegetables (radish, cucumbers, celery, daikon, tomatoes) are finely chopped into cubes, strips or grated on a coarse grater. Eggs and potatoes are also crushed, after boiling (hard-boiled eggs, potatoes with peel). The ingredients are mixed, fresh, finely chopped herbs (dill, cilantro, parsley, green onions), boiled meat, tongue, sausage or fish are added. Season with kefir, mineral water, add mustard and horseradish for spiciness, and add lemon juice or acid and vinegar for sourness. The dish is served chilled, with rye or grain bread.
Classic okroshka on kefir with sausage
- Time: 45 minutes.
- Number of servings: 4 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 67 kcal/100 g.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Cold okroshka according to the classic recipe, which perfectly satisfies hunger on a hot day, is prepared very quickly. There is no need to boil and then cool the meat; the sausage is peeled from the film and sliced. You can take boiled, dairy or low-fat cervelat, which will give the dish a piquancy and an interesting aftertaste. It is better to use a fermented milk product with a fat content of no more than 1.5%; if the soup turns out thick, you should dilute it with a small amount of boiled water.
Ingredients:
- sausage – 150 g;
- eggs – 3 pieces;
- kefir – ½ l;
- potatoes - 3 tubers;
- fresh cucumbers – 2 pieces;
- radish – 200 g;
- green onions – 20 g;
- lemon – ½ piece;
Cooking method:
- Chop the ingredients: sausage and boiled, peeled potatoes into small cubes; hard-boiled, chilled eggs - in small cubes; radishes - thin half rings; cucumbers - in small cubes or cubes.
- Mix the chopped ingredients, add finely chopped herbs: parsley, dill, green onion stems.
- After adding salt and pepper, add the juice squeezed from half a lemon, pour kefir over the mixture. Let it sit in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
- Serve with rye bread.
With spinach
- Time: 1 hour.
- Number of servings: 5 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 66 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
The usual composition of vegetables with spinach, spicy mustard, and fresh mint gives the cold soup according to this recipe an interesting flavor combination. The dish is prepared quickly if you boil the breast in advance: after washing the meat, bringing to a boil, remove the scale, add salt, and cook over medium heat for 25 minutes. If the okroshka seems bland, you can add ½ tsp. lemons or juice of half a fresh lemon.
Ingredients:
- chicken meat (breast) – 700 g;
- kefir – 1 l;
- eggs – 4 pieces;
- potatoes – 4 pcs.;
- medium cucumbers – 5 pcs.;
- radishes – 7 pieces;
- spinach – 40 g;
- fresh herbs (parsley and dill) – 15 g each;
- green onions – 20 g;
- mint – 3 sprigs;
- mustard – 2 tsp;
- sour cream – 70 ml;
- salt, ground pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Wash fresh vegetables (cucumbers, radishes) thoroughly and chop them into thin strips.
- Cut the chicken meat, cooled after cooking, into medium-sized strips.
- Cut boiled, skinned potatoes and hard-boiled eggs into small cubes.
- Cut the washed, dried spinach and mint leaves into thin strips, and finely chop the remaining greens.
- Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl, season with kefir, sour cream, and mustard. Add salt and pepper and mix the mixture. Cool the okroshka for half an hour in the refrigerator.
With dill dressing
- Time: 45 minutes.
- Number of servings: 6 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 70 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
For this recipe, it is better to boil the chicken breast in advance (cook for about half an hour after boiling in salted water, skimming off the foam). The combination of chicken meat, new potatoes, juicy vegetables, and aromatic delicate dill dressing makes the cold soup very tasty, leaving a fresh aftertaste. It is advisable to use a fermented milk product with a fat content of no more than 1%.
Ingredients:
- chicken breast – 1 pc.;
- eggs – 4 pcs.;
- kefir – 1 l;
- medium potatoes – 6 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 4 pcs.;
- radishes – 6 pcs.;
- dill – 20 g;
- green onions – 20 g;
- horseradish - 3 tbsp. l.;
- salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Chop boiled peeled potatoes, cooled chicken breast after boiling, hard-boiled eggs, thoroughly washed vegetables (radish, fresh cucumbers) into small cubes and mix in a deep bowl.
- Add washed, finely chopped green onion stems to the mixture and place in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
- Before serving, divide the mixture into plates and add ½ tbsp to each serving. l. canned horseradish, finely chopped dill and ground in a mortar and salt, chilled kefir.
- Serve after stirring.
With garlic and tomatoes
- Time: 50 minutes.
- Number of servings: 3 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 84 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
The cold soup according to the proposed recipe turns out to be nourishing, appetizing, and tender. The original combination of fresh vegetables with fermented milk product gives the dish a piquant flavor, and the garlic-mayonnaise dressing adds a slight spice. For thick-skinned tomatoes, pour boiling water over them for a couple of minutes and then remove the skins.. When serving okroshka to guests, you can garnish each serving with half a quail egg, fresh parsley leaves or other finely chopped herbs.
Ingredients:
- kefir – ½ l;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- large tomato – 1 pc.;
- sweet pepper – 180 g;
- lettuce – 3 leaves;
- lemon – ½ piece;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- fresh parsley - 2 sprigs;
- mayonnaise – 90 ml;
- salt, ground pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Wash and dry the vegetables thoroughly.
- Cut bell peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers, peeled from entrails and seeds, into small strips.
- Chop the lettuce leaves into short strips.
- Cut hard-boiled, cooled eggs into cubes.
- Mix the chopped ingredients in a deep bowl, add kefir and garlic dressing. Stir, cool for half an hour in the refrigerator.
- The dressing is prepared as follows: crush the garlic with a garlic press, mix it with mayonnaise, lemon juice, ground pepper, and salt.
With broth
- Time: 1 hour.
- Number of servings: 7 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 57 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Tender, very tasty, nutritious okroshka is obtained according to the recipe with the addition of broth. It is better to boil the meat with the skin on, right on the bone - this will make the broth rich and aromatic. The breast is cooked for about half an hour after boiling in one and a half liters of lightly salted water with the addition of an onion and bay leaf. Before shredding, remove the skin and bone from the breast. If the dish seems thick, you can add a little broth left over from cooking.
Ingredients:
- chicken breast – 1 pc.;
- chicken broth – 0.8 l;
- kefir – 1 l;
- eggs – 3 pcs.;
- potatoes – 4 pcs.;
- radishes – 7 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
- fresh herbs – 60 g.
Cooking method:
- Chop thoroughly washed vegetables (cucumbers, radishes) into strips.
- Chicken eggs, hard-boiled, boiled in their skins, peeled potatoes, chop into small cubes.
- Cut the chilled chicken meat into strips or medium-sized cubes.
- Combine the chopped ingredients, finely chopped herbs, pour the fermented milk product and cooled broth over the mixture, add salt, stir until the okroshka becomes homogeneous, and place in the refrigerator for an hour.
Dietary with mineral water
- Time: 45 minutes.
- Number of servings: 5 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 52 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
A tender, nutritious, refreshing dietary dish without potatoes is suitable for dieters, athletes, and children. Instead of chicken, you can take other lean meat (veal, turkey), and replace the radishes with daikon - the taste of the soup will retain its charm. Mineral water should be used slightly carbonated; if desired, dilute the vegetable mixture with kefir and mineral water, maintaining a 1:1 ratio.
Ingredients:
- chicken meat (fillet) – 300 g;
- kefir – 290 ml;
- mineral water – 700 ml;
- eggs – 4 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
- sour cream – 50 ml;
- citric acid – ½ tsp;
- mustard – 1 tsp;
- dill – 20 g;
- green onions – 20 g;
- salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Cut the cooked, chilled chicken fillet into small cubes.
- Peel hard-boiled chicken eggs and cut the whites into strips. Place the yolks in a separate plate, grind them with two to three tbsp. l. kefir, a pinch of salt, mustard until the composition becomes homogeneous.
- Mix chicken meat, eggs, coarsely grated cucumbers, finely chopped herbs, whites, and yolks in a saucepan.
- Pour kefir into the mixture, add sour cream, cold mineral water, citric acid, a pinch of salt, and mustard-yolk mixture.
- After stirring, let the okroshka sit for half an hour in the refrigerator.
With veal and mustard
- Time: 45 minutes.
- Number of servings: 5 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 62 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Boiling tender veal for okroshka according to this recipe is simple: carefully place the piece of meat in boiling water (this way it will retain its juiciness), cook over medium heat for about an hour and a half. A quarter of an hour before it’s ready, add a few peppercorns and salt to taste. Some housewives recommend an interesting way to serve this dish: placing the chopped mixture in a mound on plates and pouring kefir sauce around the “mound.”
Ingredients:
- veal (boiled) – 200 g;
- kefir – 1 l;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- potatoes – 4 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
- radish – 150 g;
- mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
- fresh herbs – 50 g;
- salt, ground pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Cut the cooled boiled meat into strips.
- Grind boiled, peeled potatoes, cucumbers, radishes, and whites of boiled chicken eggs into small cubes.
- Grind the egg yolks with finely chopped herbs, mustard, a pinch of salt, pepper, pour kefir over the mixture.
- After combining the chopped ingredients, add egg-kefir sauce and mix thoroughly.
- Leave in the refrigerator for half an hour to an hour.
With salmon
- Time: half an hour.
- Number of servings: 2 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 77 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
You can please yourself and your loved ones on a hot day with an original recipe for cold soup: it perfectly satisfies hunger, and the vegetables included in it saturate the body with vitamins and energy for the whole day. Lightly salted red fish can be replaced with smoked fish (salmon, salmon or trout), the main thing is to carefully select the bones from it, especially if you plan to offer okroshka to children.
Ingredients:
- lightly salted salmon – 250 g;
- kefir – 300 ml;
- eggs – 3 pcs.;
- potatoes – 3 pcs.;
- small cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- celery – 2 stalks;
- mustard – ½ tbsp. l.;
- mineral water – 200 ml;
- salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Chop boiled, peeled potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, celery, cucumbers, and onions into small cubes. After adding chopped herbs, mix the ingredients.
- Cut the salmon into medium-sized cubes and add to the okroshka mixture.
- Fill the composition with kefir and mineral water, add hot mustard, mix thoroughly.
- Serve okroshka chilled.
With tongue and sour cream
- Time: 45 minutes.
- Number of servings: 5 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 105 kcal/100 g.
- Purpose: cold soup, lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: medium.
Okroshka with kefir and tongue is a hearty, dietary, original and tasty dish. The tongue needs to be boiled and cooled in advance. After pre-soaking it in cold water for one and a half to two hours, remove the coating from the product and place in a saucepan with boiling water, boil over low heat with spices (bay leaf, allspice or black peppercorns), vegetables (onion, small carrot), after 2 hours add salt and continue cooking. After another half hour of cooking, remove the tongue, rinse it with cold water, remove the film and cook in the same broth for another quarter of an hour.
Ingredients:
- veal tongue (large) – 1 pc.;
- kefir – 1 l;
- eggs – 5 pcs.;
- medium potatoes – 4 pcs.;
- fresh cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
- radishes – 300 g;
- fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, dill) – 15 g each;
- green onions – 1 bunch;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- mustard – 2 tbsp. l.;
- sour cream – 250 ml;
- salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Boiled cooled tongue, boiled eggs, pre-boiled potatoes in their skins, peeled - crumble into small cubes.
- Chop the washed vegetables (radish, cucumbers) into strips or small cubes.
- After combining the chopped ingredients, pour kefir into the mixture.
- In a separate bowl, mix sour cream, finely chopped herbs, crushed garlic with a garlic press, mustard, salt, lightly beat the mixture with a fork.
- Serve okroshka, after cooling it, with 1-2 tablespoons of sour cream dressing, bran or rye bread.
Video
The hot and sultry summer does not allow you to enjoy lunch in peace; most people simply do not have an appetite and this is not surprising. We propose to solve this issue forever and present step-by-step photo recipes for preparing classic okroshka with kefir, both with sausage and dietary sausage. Preparing such a cold soup is perhaps the best solution on a hot day; you can fill up with it and quench your thirst without difficulty.
Eating kefir okroshka in the heat, what could be more wonderful? Moreover, there are many options for preparing this delicious summer soup, using not only a fermented milk drink, but also ordinary water or kvass. The composition of okroshka can be quite varied, ranging from vegetarian, where only vegetables are added, to classic with sausage or meat. The liquid base of okroshka can be kefir, mineral water, kvass and even plain water. There are even recipes for okroshka with crab sticks, but we will not experiment like that, but will tell you only the classic methods of preparing delicious okroshka with kefir, the composition of which is more suitable for the body of a Slavic person.
Calorie content of okroshka with kefir
The calorie content and nutritional value of okroshka with kefir are calculated for 100 grams of ready-made cold soup. The data given in the table are calculated for kefir okroshka with sausage and are approximate. They can vary significantly depending on the ingredients used.
How to cook something like this, what could you eat, despite the heat, because you need to replenish the body with useful substances in any case. Okroshka with kefir is the best solution when creating a menu for a hot day. In this recipe we will tell you in detail how to make okroshka with kefir not only quickly, but also tasty.
The basic principle of preparing any okroshka is mixing finely chopped ingredients (vegetables, sausage or meat). This mixture is very similar to an ordinary salad, which is then seasoned with a liquid component, in our case kefir. For such okroshka, low-fat kefir will be most suitable, thanks to this the cold soup will be more liquid.
If you still have fatty kefir, then adding mineral water will help you make the okroshka more liquid. To make kefir okroshka deliciously, you should also add more fresh herbs and low-fat sausage or chicken breast fillet.
Here are the basic principles, following which you can make delicious okroshka with kefir at home.
Classic okroshka with sausage, recipe with kefir
Classic okroshka on kefir with sausage - a simple recipe. If you have ever made simple okroshka with kvass, water and vinegar, or soda, then you can easily make delicious kefir okroshka with boiled sausage. To prepare this summer “yummy” you will need a low-fat fermented milk drink and exclusively boiled sausage.
From the specified amount of products you will get approximately four servings of okroshka per hungry eaters.
Ingredients
- Sausage – 200 gr.
- Cucumber – 1 pc.
- Onion feather – 50 gr.
- Dill – 50 gr.
- Potatoes - 2 pcs.
- Egg – 2 pcs.
- Kefir – 1/2 l.
- Radish – 50 gr.
- Red pepper – 1/5 teaspoon
- Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
- Mint – 4 leaves
Step 1.
First you need to boil the eggs. Place chicken eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Boil and cook for 6 minutes, reducing heat to low. The eggs don't need to boil too much. If you cook them over low heat, you have a better chance that they will not burst or leak during cooking.
After the eggs are cooked, drain the water and shake the pan vigorously to break the shells. Leave the saucepan to cool. After this procedure, the eggs are easy to clean. If the egg is too fresh, you can add cold water to it.
Step 2.
Peel the potatoes, wash and boil. Cut it into four parts and let cool.
Finely chop the onion. The most delicious okroshka made with kefir is obtained as such if all the ingredients are finely chopped.
Step 3.
Chop the dill. If desired, you can also add parsley, but first it is advisable to mash it a little with salt with a masher to make the leaves softer.
Step 4.
Now it’s the radish’s turn. It’s worth mentioning here that if you are interested in the recipe for classic okroshka with kefir, then you need to replace the radish with a simple radish. And if you want to get a little creative, then radishes will be just right here. It will give the okroshka greater spiciness and piquancy. Finely chop the daikon or black radish, or even better, grate it on a coarse grater.
Step 5.
Cut the sausage into small cubes the size of a pea.
Step 6.
Take a two-liter saucepan and pour all the chopped ingredients into it. Finely chop the potatoes and eggs and add them to the mixture.
Add red pepper and salt. We add red pepper to spice up the dish and increase the appetite of eaters.
Step 7
Stir the resulting porridge and pour kefir over it. Mix the contents of the pan again so that the dry products are evenly distributed throughout the kefir. This is how okroshka is made with kefir. All that remains is to pour into plates and garnish each serving with a mint leaf.
Dietary vegetable okroshka with kefir for weight loss
Diet okroshka with kefir will be useful both for weight loss and simply for proper nutrition. The recipe for dietary okroshka usually includes vegetables that do not contain starch, without potatoes. All ingredients included have a minimum of calories and are low-fat. This okroshka can be completely vegetarian, consisting exclusively of vegetables, or contain lean meat, such as chicken breast.
Sour cream or mayonnaise is not added to dietary okroshka due to the high fat content of these products. By preparing vegetable okroshka on kefir with herbs and cucumber, you don’t have to worry about getting fat. In terms of calorie content, the dish contains no more than 47 kcal - negligible, one might say.
Ingredients:
— Kefir (fat-free or low-fat) — 1 l.
— Radishes — 5-6 pcs.
— Cucumber — 3 pcs.
— Green onions
— Dill greens
— Parsley
This cooling soup is very easy to prepare. It is best to prepare dietary okroshka in the morning, and season with cold kefir immediately before serving throughout the day.
1. To prepare, cut vegetables into small cubes in a deep saucepan. Wash the radishes and cucumbers first.
2. Rinse all greens: dill, parsley and onion thoroughly in cold water, lightly dry on paper towels, and then chop with a knife.
3. Mix chopped greens with vegetables and pour kefir. Cover the pan with a lid and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Meat okroshka with chicken breast on kefir
Meat okroshka cooked with chicken breast on low-fat kefir can also be considered a dietary type of this soup. If you want to increase the calorie content and make a more satisfying meat okroshka, then in addition to greens and cucumbers, add potatoes, chicken eggs and mayonnaise. This will increase the average calorie content of the dish to 140 kcal.
Ingredients:
— Cucumber — 2 pcs.
— Kefir — 500 ml.
— Egg — 4 pcs.
— Chicken breast — 300 gr.
— Potatoes — 2 pcs.
— Radishes — 3 pcs.
- Mayonnaise
- Salt
1. Let's start preparing meat okroshka with kefir with chicken breast. The meat must be boiled until fully cooked and finely chopped into cubes.
2. While the chicken breast is cooking, you need to boil the potatoes in their jackets, then remove the skins and chop finely.
3. Boil chicken eggs hard-boiled, peel and finely chop.
4. Wash the remaining vegetables (cucumbers, radishes) and cut into cubes the same size as the rest of the ingredients.
5. Wash and chop all the greens that we will add to the okroshka.
6. In a large saucepan, mix all the previously prepared ingredients, add salt, season with mayonnaise and pour cold kefir.
And in conclusion, we invite you to watch a video recipe that describes in detail the entire process of preparing delicious okroshka with kefir.
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