Though okroshka is a Russian soup, it refers to Slavic cuisine and Ukrainian love and cook it a lot, so we've decided to share the recipe. In times of old okroshka was poured with cucumber or cabbage pickle. Traditionally the base of it was kvass. You can also cook the cold soup with cultured milk foods, pickle, broth or mineral water. The name originated from the verb “kroshyty“ - meaning to cut finely. Today we are going to cook the cold cucumber, ham, potato, and radish soup. The main ingredients...
Holodnik (cold soup with tomatoes)
This summer soup is akin to Spanish gazpacho or Russian beetroot soup. However the Ukrainian recipe doesn’t contain beetroot and cucumbers. If you want to cook something unsubstantial and refreshing in hot weather, holodnik will sell like hot cakes. Ingredients: 6-8 tomatoes 1 red onion 4 potatoes (new potato) 1/2 loaf of rye bread 2-3 cloves of garlic 1-2 glasses of boiled water a bunch of parsley a bunch of leeks salt – to taste ground black pepper – to taste vegetable oil – to taste Cooking Cut the tomatoes’...