What can you make okroshka from? How to season okroshka: types of dressings. Diet okroshka - delicious recipe

Every cuisine in the world has simple and complex recipes, the same applies to Russian traditional cuisine, for example, okroshka. The dish is known for the fact that it requires a minimum of products and primitive technologies. People have come up with a lot of sayings on this topic, like “kvass and potatoes are already okroshka.”

But not everything is so simple, true connoisseurs of this tasty and healthy dish will say; there are many recipes and secrets on how to make it incredibly tasty. This will be discussed below.

Recipe for okroshka with kefir

The largest number of recipes offered in cookbooks and on specialized forums is okroshka with kefir. The dish is indeed both simple and healthy, since it contains a lot of fresh vegetables and fermented milk product. Beginning housewives can blindly follow the recipe written below; cooks with at least minimal experience can experiment, especially with vegetables.

Ingredients:

Cucumbers – 3 pcs.
Onion feathers and greens - 1 bunch each.
Potatoes – 3-4 pcs.
Chicken eggs – 3-4 pcs.
Sausage – 300 gr.
Low-fat kefir – 1 l.
Vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.
Water (if necessary, make the okroshka more liquid).
Salt.

Algorithm of actions:

Boil the potatoes without peeling, cool, then peel and cut into cubes. One potato can be mashed.
Boil eggs, cut into cubes.
Wash the cucumbers and cut into strips. Chop the greens, cut the onion feathers.
Also chop the sausage or boiled chicken (into cubes).
Mix everything, add salt and vinegar (even better - lemon juice). Stir again.
Pour in kefir and add water if necessary.

Garnish with a green sprig of dill and a circle of yolk, serve.

Okroshka on water with sour cream and mayonnaise

Okroshka with kefir is tasty and quick to prepare, but if you don’t have kefir, it’s easy to find a replacement. You can also prepare okroshka using water (ordinary water, brought to a boil and cooled), it is only important to pour in a little sour cream and mayonnaise, it will add a pleasant piquant sourness to the dish.

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 4 pcs.
Eggs – 3 pcs.
Cucumbers – 4-5 pcs. (small size).
Radishes – 8-10 pcs.
Onions in feathers and dill - 1 bunch each.
Sausage – 250-300 gr.
Water – 1.5 l.
Fat sour cream – 100-150 gr.
Mayonnaise – 3-4 tbsp. l.

Algorithm of actions:

Boil water in advance and cool.
Boil potatoes and eggs. Cut into beautiful cubes.
Wash other vegetables, cut into thin strips, sausage into cubes.
Chop the greens, pre-washed and dried, with a sharp knife.
Mix the products in a large deep container. Add sour cream and mayonnaise here. Stir the okroshka mixture again.
Add water gradually, stirring until the okroshka reaches the required thickness.

This recipe is good because it allows you to get okroshka of the thickness that your household likes!

How to cook okroshka using mineral water

The following okroshka recipe differs in that it is proposed to use mineral water as the liquid. In principle, it is very convenient; there is no need to boil or cool.

It is recommended to place a bottle of mineral water in the freezer an hour before cooking.

Pour in the ingredients and immediately bring the okroshka to the table, the mineral salts will add a pleasant piquant taste to the dish, the carbon dioxide released will look fantastic.

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 3-4 pcs. (1 piece per person)
Eggs – 3-4 pcs. (also 1 piece per consumer).
Beef – 400 gr.
Greens – 1 bunch.
Cucumbers – 2-4 pcs.
Mineral water – 1.5 l. (less may be required).
Mayonnaise – 4 tbsp. l.
Mustard – 2 tsp.
Lemon – ½ pc.

Algorithm of actions:

Boil potatoes and eggs, cool. Cut the potatoes into cubes. Chop the whites too and add to the potatoes.
Cut the cucumbers into strips, cut the beef into cubes, and tear the greens.
Combine delicious ingredients, excluding greens, in a large bowl.
For the dressing, grind the yolks, add a little salt, mustard, squeeze the juice from ½ lemon.
Add the dressing to the ingredients for okroshka. Now you can add mayonnaise and herbs.

Add iced mineral water, stir and pour into plates. Add more herbs to each plate on top for beauty and aroma.

Okroshka with whey

Russian housewives traditionally prepared okroshka with kvass or whey; today, “fashionable” kefir and mineral water are in high esteem. But below is one of the oldest recipes, where whey is used as a liquid base.

Ingredients:

Sausage – 300 gr.
Potatoes, boiled in skins – 4 pcs.
Eggs – 2-3 pcs.
Cucumbers – 2 pcs.
Dill – 1 bunch.
Kefir (for whey) – 1.5 l.
Lemon juice - from ½ lemon.
Sour cream – 4-5 tbsp. l.
Salt pepper.

Algorithm of actions:

Prepare whey in advance (homemade is tastier). Freeze kefir completely.
Then place on a sieve lined with several layers of gauze. The flowing liquid is whey, it needs to be collected. The remaining cottage cheese can be used to prepare other healthy dishes.
Cooking okroshka is traditional. Also boil the potatoes and eggs in advance. Cut all ingredients into cubes.
Add salt, ground pepper, sour cream. Squeeze lemon juice. Mix.

Before serving, pour in the whey, garnish with herbs and finely chopped yolk.

Recipe for okroshka with vinegar

The main task of the housewife is to make the okroshka sharp enough, for which kvass, mineral water or whey is used. But sometimes the sharpness may not be enough, then cooks at home use ordinary vinegar. A few spoons of this product radically (naturally, for the better) changes the taste of okroshka.

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 0.5 kg.
Beef – 400 gr.
Eggs – 2-4 pcs.
Cucumbers – 0.5 kg.
Mayonnaise – 5-6 tbsp. l.
Water – from 1.0 to 1.5 l.
Vinegar 9% – 3 tbsp. l.
Greens (whatever is on hand) – 1 bunch.
Salt.

Algorithm of actions:

Some products (beef, potatoes and eggs) will have to be prepared in advance, since they are added to the dish cold.
Rinse fresh vegetables and herbs before cooking, cover with cold water and leave for 15 minutes.
Beef can be boiled as a whole piece, and after cooling, cut into cubes. Or chop and boil, then you will get an excellent broth on which you can cook porridge or borscht (the next day).
Chop the ingredients into one large container and mix mayonnaise and water in the second.
Pour vinegar over the chopped products, add mayonnaise-water dressing.

You can add salt and sprinkle with herbs at the table! Be sure to serve okroshka with black bread made from wholemeal flour. The video recipe suggests preparing okroshka with horseradish.

How to make okroshka - 5 options

Okroshka can be prepared from almost any product. Below are five recipes, differing in filling options, each one can help out the housewife.

Ingredients:

Boiled potatoes.
Boiled eggs.
Radishes and cucumbers.
Any fresh greens.
Sausage (ham).
Liquid base (1-1.5 l.).

Algorithm of actions:

The first part of the steps is the same: boil the potatoes directly in their skins, hard-boil the eggs.
Peel and chop potatoes and eggs.
Wash and chop the vegetables.
Wash the greens, blot off excess moisture and chop as well.
Sausage (ham is even tastier) also cut into cubes.
Mix the ingredients and pour one of the filling options:

mineral water;
plain water mixed with lemon juice, sour cream;
kvass, prepared at home or factory-made;
kefir, diluted with water or in “pure” form;
serum.

This dish “adores” greens, so you don’t have to stop at one bunch, but take a bunch of each type.

Okroshka with sausage

Mothers love okroshka for the speed of preparation, especially if the preparatory work (boiling potatoes and eggs) was done in advance. And instead of meat, which takes a long time to cook, you can take regular boiled sausage.

Ingredients:

Sausage – 300 gr.
Potatoes – 4 pcs.
Chicken eggs – 4 pcs.
Fresh cucumbers – 4 pcs.
Radishes – 8-10 pcs.
Kvass - about 1.5 liters
More greenery.
Salt.
If desired, ground hot pepper.

Algorithm of actions:

Boil potatoes and eggs in advance. Cool, peel, cut into bars.
Chop the washed cucumbers, radishes and sausage in the same way.
Add salt. Gently mix the ingredients with a spoon in a large container.
Pour in kefir.
Sprinkle each plate separately with herbs.

Add salt and pepper to taste at the table.

Meat okroshka

Modern housewives do not speak very well of boiled sausage; they know that it is better to use real meat. By the way, it is also suitable for okroshka.

Ingredients:

Kvass – 1 l.
Potatoes – 3-5 pcs.
Eggs – 3-5 pcs.
Meat – 200-250 gr.
Cucumbers – 3-4 pcs.
Greens and onions.
Sour cream and salt - to taste.

Algorithm of actions:

Prepare potatoes, eggs, meat in advance and cool.
Cut the ingredients into equal, beautiful cubes.
Mix in a large container and add kvass.
Pour into plates, garnish each with herbs.

There is a secret - you can use smoked meat, then the okroshka will have a pleasant smoked taste.

Winter okroshka

Thanks to hypermarkets with their large assortment of vegetables and fruits all year round, you can even prepare okroshka for the New Year’s table. Here is one of the recipes.

Ingredients:

Ham – 200 gr.
Potatoes – from 4 pcs.
Chicken eggs – from 4 pcs.
Onions and greens.
Cucumbers – 3 pcs.
Filling – 0.5 l. kefir and water.
Citric acid – 3 g.
Mustard – 3 tbsp. l.
Salt and sour cream.

Algorithm of actions:

Prepare vegetables - boil potatoes, rinse cucumbers. Cut them up.
Prepare the eggs - boil, cool in ice water, cut into cubes, leave one yolk for preparing the dressing.
Cut the ham into beautiful bars or, maintaining the unity of style, into cubes.
Chop the onion and crush to release the juice, chop the greens.
Grind the remaining yolk with mustard.
Add kefir, salt, citric acid, and a little sugar to the water.
First add the yolk with mustard to the chopped ingredients, and then the liquid base.

Pour okroshka into each plate, add 1 tbsp. l. sour cream and a little greenery on top, for beauty!

Diet okroshka (without meat and sausage)

Okroshka is one of the most favorite dishes among those who are on a diet; it is tasty and satiating, in addition, it is rich in vitamins and nutrients. In addition, you can cook okroshka without adding any meat.

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 4 pcs.
Cucumbers – 4 pcs.
Radishes – 10 pcs.
Eggs – 2 pcs.
Onion, cilantro, dill.
Low-fat kefir – 1 l.

Algorithm of actions:

Prepare eggs and potatoes in advance (boil, cool).
Chop vegetables, eggs and herbs into a saucepan.
Pour in kefir.

There is no need to add salt, there is enough acid for a pleasant taste, as they say, eat and lose weight!

Okroshka with radish

Traditional okroshka recipes include the usual cucumbers and radishes, but you can also find variations of the dish prepared with radish. They are tasty and healthy, the only unpleasant thing is the specific smell of radish, which you can get rid of if you grate it and put it in the cold for 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

Radish – 1 pc.
Ham – 300 gr.
Potatoes – 2-3 pcs.
Cucumbers – 2 pcs.
Eggs – 2-3 pcs.
Onion, dill.
Kefir – 0.5-1 l.

Algorithm of actions:

Buy ham, pre-cook potatoes in their skins.
Hard boil the eggs.
Rinse the greens and cucumbers.
Grate the radish, put it in the refrigerator, wait the right time.
Cut all other ingredients in the same style - into cubes or strips.
Mix, add salt and add kefir.

When serving, sprinkle with herbs and add a little sour cream. It turns out to be a very healthy and tasty dish!

We offer several secrets and tips that will help the novice housewife not to get confused and prepare a tasty and healthy dish.

Kefir with a high percentage of fat content is often quite thick, and you won’t be able to get a “soup” from it, which is what okroshka essentially is.

Advice - you should take low-fat kefir, and if you don’t have such a drink in the refrigerator, then mineral water will help out, which you need to dilute the fatty fermented milk drink.

The desire of today's farmers to preserve food longer is known, and therefore nitrates are actively used.

Advice for housewives preparing okroshka with fresh vegetables - soaking in cold water will help. This applies to cucumbers, radishes, and onions.

Problems of excess weight worry many; okroshka will help saturate the body and maintain an ideal figure, but only if it is prepared without meat or using low-fat varieties, for example, boiled veal or chicken.

The next tip concerns the dressing that some housewives love to add to okroshka. Vinegar, mustard, ground with yolks and sour cream can serve as a dressing.

It is important to first mix the products with the dressing, let it sit for a while, and only then add the selected liquid.

The last tip again concerns the fermented milk product that is used to season okroshka - kefir should be added last, and served immediately after that. Then the taste will be great, and the appearance of the dish will look amazing!

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The classic version of cold soup uses kvass. However, kefir will not be superfluous in it. The fact is that it is fermented milk drinks that make the dish not only satisfying and healthy, but also truly healing.

Judge for yourself: kefir speeds up digestion and improves intestinal cleansing processes. Even if you prepare such a soup without sparing the meat, you will not cause any harm to your figure. After all, for okroshka with kefir, the calorie content does not exceed 60-70 Kcal per 100 grams of weight. A large number of vegetables and herbs complement the beneficial effects on the body and provide it with countless vitamins and minerals. In general, continuous health benefits.

You will need:

fresh cucumber - 3 pcs.;
greens and green onions - 1 bunch each;
boiled potatoes - 4 pcs.;
boiled eggs - 3 pcs.;
boiled sausage - 300 g;
lemon juice or vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
kefir - 1 liter;
water - according to consistency;
salt.

Preparation:

Start with green onions. It should be cut into rings, poured into a saucepan and rubbed directly with salt in it with a masher.
Add the radishes and cucumbers cut into strips.
Chop 3 potatoes into cubes and add to the mixture. Crush one with a fork and add it there for thickness.
Cut the eggs and sausage into cubes and add to the other ingredients.
Pour in kefir. It is advisable to add water, so that the okroshka made with kefir and mineral water will not be too thick.
Add some more salt and vinegar or lemon juice. Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes and serve.

Okroshka with whey

You will need:

whey - 2 l;
boiled potatoes - 4 pcs.;
sour cream - 0.5 l;
dill and green onions - a bunch each;
fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
eggs - 5 pcs.;
boiled meat or sausage to taste - 300 g;
citric acid, mustard, salt.

Preparation

Chop all ingredients into cubes.
Prepare the filling: mix whey and sour cream in a container. Dissolve thoroughly. Add 2/3 teaspoon of salt, about the same amount of citric acid.
Pour the mixture over the ingredients and cool. You can add mustard to the vegetables themselves, then the taste will be sweetish-bitter.

It is only important to know how to cook okroshka with kefir correctly. Here are the main recommendations.

Use low-fat kefir. The high-fat drink is thick, which can turn the soup into porridge. Although if you come across fatty kefir, you can simply dilute the dish in a plate with mineral water to the desired consistency.
Pre-soak vegetables in water. This applies to cucumbers, radishes, and greens. Firstly, it will help slightly wilted fruits and leaves become tight and beautiful again. And secondly, it will allow you to get rid of the nitrates they contain in order to eliminate the risk of poisoning.
Use lean meat. A recipe for okroshka made with whey, kefir and other fermented milk products is an example of health benefits. Don't spoil it with fatty pork or beef. Boiled veal, chicken breast, turkey, even rabbit are suitable. If the dish is prepared in a hurry, you can find boiled sausage or sausages in the refrigerator for it.
Mix the chopped ingredients with the dressing, and only then add kefir. This should be done so that the vegetables are saturated with the flavors of the dressing, which can be sour or spicy. So the classic version of the dressing in the recipe for how to make okroshka with kefir can be considered boiled yolks, ground with mustard. They add a little pepper and sugar, a little sour cream or the same kefir.
Season the dish half an hour before serving - no earlier, no later. The fact is that waiting a long time for the finished okroshka can stratify its structure. And pouring kefir on a plate and immediately serving it means not allowing the dish to become saturated with flavors.

Okroshka is the perfect combination of taste and benefits. Everyone loves this national Russian summer soup. The classic recipe for okroshka is well known. However, the ingredients for kvass okroshka are perfect for kefir okroshka and more. That's why okroshka is that you can crumble anything into it: add meat or fish ingredients, use whey, kefir or mineral water instead of kvass. With the whole summer ahead, you can introduce the most unexpected innovations to a familiar dish by preparing okroshka according to different recipes. They are simple, only a few ingredients and filling are changed.

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What products are needed for okroshka

Let's be clear: okroshka requires invigorating, fragrant, sour, but in no case sweet kvass. Store-bought kvass can be brought to the desired state by adding a couple of crusts of black or Borodino bread to it and letting it brew in a warm place for three hours. Strain, cool and get almost the kvass you need.

Okroshka can be prepared with refreshing kvass, there is okroshka with delicate whey, for variety you can cook okroshka with spicy ayran or soft kefir, and fish okroshka is sometimes even poured with beer. You can also simply fill the okroshka with mineral water.

For satiety, put meat or sausage in okroshka. It is preferable to use lean meat: boiled beef is perfect for making okroshka, you can add chicken or turkey, some people use boiled tongue. If there is no meat, the simplest solution is to cook okroshka with boiled sausage.

As a rule, the classic okroshka recipe includes boiled potatoes, fresh cucumber, and radishes. Vegetables need to be cut into equal cubes or strips.

You can put boiled eggs in okroshka, cutting them into cubes, or cut only the white and prepare a dressing from the yolk. To do this, grind the yolks with mustard, add sour cream, sugar, salt to taste and mix with a small amount of kvass.

Add green onions, dill, and fresh sorrel to the okroshka. By the way, you can grind green onions with salt. And of course, season the okroshka with sour cream or other seasonings to taste: mustard, horseradish, etc.

Okroshka classic

Ingredients: kvass 1 liter, boiled meat or ham 200 g, potatoes 3 - 4 pcs., cucumber 2 pcs., radishes 5 - 7 pcs., eggs 2 - 3 pcs., green onions and dill 1 bunch each, salt to taste.

Cooking method. Boil potatoes in their jackets. Boil the eggs hard. Cool hot foods. Wash and dry vegetables and herbs. Cut the peeled potatoes and meat (ham) into small cubes. Place in a deep bowl. Also finely chop the radish and cucumber. Separate the whites from the yolks and chop them too. It is recommended to mash the yolks with a fork and also put them in a bowl. Green onions and dill should be finely chopped and mashed a little in a cup with salt. Then add to the total mass and mix thoroughly. Serve okroshka doused with kvass and seasoned with sour cream. You can add mustard or grated horseradish to taste.

Meat okroshka

Ingredients: boiled beef 200 g, cucumbers 3 pcs., boiled eggs 2 pcs., sour cream 4 tbsp. spoons, kvass 2 l, dill 60 g, a bunch of green onions, sugar 20 g, mustard 8 g, salt to taste.

Cooking method. Cut the beef and cucumbers into strips. Chop part of the green onion and grind it with salt until juice appears, add mustard. Separate the yolk from the white, mash the yolk, and chop the white into strips. Combine kvass with salt and sugar and mix. Combine the prepared ingredients, add some sour cream, mix. Dilute with kvass. Serve okroshka with finely chopped herbs and sour cream.

Okroshka with kefir

Ingredients: kefir 1 liter; kvass or mineral water with gas 0.5 liters, boiled potatoes 2 pcs., radishes 5 pcs., boiled sausage (boiled meat) 200 g, boiled chicken egg 2 pcs., fresh cucumber 1 - 2 pcs., radishes and green onions 0 ,5 bunches, 1 teaspoon mustard, sour cream, salt, spices to taste.

Cooking method. The recipe for making okroshka with kefir is not very different from the classic okroshka with kvass. The main thing is to remember that delicious okroshka with kefir, like tasty okroshka with kvass, is obtained only when it is well infused and cooled. Classic okroshka with kefir is prepared in the same way as okroshka with kvass with mustard; the ingredients are cut into small pieces and mixed with dressing.

Vegetable okroshka

Ingredients: bread kvass 2 liters, boiled carrots 1 pc., boiled potatoes 3 pcs., radishes 5 - 6 pcs., cucumbers 2 pcs., boiled eggs 2 pcs., chopped green onions, sour cream, mustard, salt and sugar to taste.

Cooking method. Cut the vegetables into strips, combine with a finely chopped egg and onion, mashed with salt. Stir. When serving, put a vegetable side dish on a plate, add salt, add a little mustard and pour kvass. Serve sour cream separately.

Okroshka with whey

Ingredients: whey 1 liter, boiled potatoes 2 pcs., boiled meat or sausage 200 - 300 g; fresh cucumber 1 - 2 pcs., fresh radishes 4 pcs., boiled chicken eggs 2 pcs., green onions and dill 1 bunch each, mustard 1 teaspoon, sour cream, salt.

Cooking method. Okroshka made with whey is very tasty and healthy, because whey contains a lot of microelements beneficial to the body. Wash and dry fresh vegetables, boiled potatoes and boiled eggs and cut into fine cubes. To know how to cook okroshka with whey or kefir deliciously, you need to remember about the dressing. This is sour cream, mustard and salt. First mix sour cream with mustard, and then add salt little by little, only this way the okroshka made with whey and kefir will be moderately spicy, salty and tasty. Now you can mix everything, pour in the serum and let it sit.

Okroshka with mineral water

Ingredients: Mineral water okroshka is prepared only with sparkling water, boiled potatoes 2 pcs., boiled eggs 3 - 4 pcs., boiled meat or sausage 300 g, fresh cucumber 1 - 2 pcs., radishes 3 - 4 pcs., green onions, dill , sour cream, salt.

Cooking method. Cut vegetables, eggs and meat ingredients into cubes or strips. Chop the greens. For dressing, mix half a glass of sour cream with a teaspoon of mustard. If the mineral water okroshka is not sour enough, add a pinch of citric acid or a drop of table vinegar. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

Okroshka with crab sticks

Ingredients: bread kvass 1 l, crab sticks 240 g, radishes 5 pcs., cucumbers 2 pcs., egg 2 pcs., mustard 1 tbsp. spoon, dill 1 bunch, sour cream 3 tbsp. spoons, salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Cooking method:

Step 1. Wash the cucumbers, peel them if necessary (if they are too thick and rough) and cut into small cubes.
Step 2. Hard-boil the eggs, cool, separate the whites from the yolks. Cut the whites into cubes. Grind the yolks with mustard, salt, pepper, chopped dill and sour cream in a separate bowl until smooth.
Step 3. Cut the crab sticks into small pieces.
Step 4. Wash the radishes, dry them with a paper towel, cut off the ends and cut into thin slices.
Step 5. Place all prepared ingredients in a large deep bowl and mix thoroughly. Pour chilled kvass over the okroshka, season with mustard and sour cream mixture and stir again.

Mushroom okroshka with mustard

Ingredients: bread kvass 1.5 l, salted mushrooms 400 g, potatoes 250 g, carrots 50 g, green onions 100 g, sour cream 200 g, chicken egg 2 pcs., cucumbers 200 g, mustard 20 g, dill, sugar and salt to taste .

Cooking method:

Step 1. Wash the potatoes and carrots, boil them in their skins, cool, peel and cut into small cubes.
Step 2. Wash the cucumbers, peel them if necessary (if they are too thick and rough) and cut into small cubes.
Step 3. Hard-boil the eggs, cool, and separate the whites from the yolks. Cut the whites into cubes. Grind the yolks with mustard, pepper, chopped dill and sour cream in a separate bowl until smooth. If it seems necessary, add salt and sugar, but remember that you have salted mushrooms in the okroshka!
Step 4. Rinse the salted mushrooms under cold water, dry with a paper towel and finely chop.
Step 5. Wash the radishes, dry them with a paper towel, cut off the ends and cut into thin slices.
Step 6. Wash the green onions, dry and finely chop.
Step 7. Place all prepared ingredients in a large, deep bowl and mix thoroughly. Pour chilled kvass over the okroshka, season with mustard and sour cream mixture and stir again.

Almost everyone loves okroshka. Each housewife prepares it in her own way, but there is no family where okroshka would not be prepared on a hot summer day. This cold soup has over a hundred different recipes. But there is only one classic recipe for okroshka. Okroshka appeared in the 18th century; already in the manuscripts of cookbooks of that time you can find a recipe for okroshka.

Despite the many recipes in cookbooks of the 18th century, practically only about a dozen or two recipes, including okroshka, have survived the centuries.

And all because preparing okroshka is very simple, from available ingredients and it is very nutritious and tasty. Inventing more and more new versions of okroshka, housewives of the 18th century introduced several directions of classic okroshka: with smoked meats (sausage), with meat, with fish.

The most budget-friendly and popular version of okroshka is using sausage and water as broth. In this case, you will need to prepare:

a bunch of greens – about 100 grams;
5 pre-boiled eggs;
about 250 grams of fresh radishes;
two tablespoons of fat sour cream;
4 medium-sized fresh cucumbers;
about 300 grams of boiled sausage or ham;
0.5 liters of boiled cold water;
a tablespoon of vinegar;
salt and ground black pepper.

The greens are a mixture of parsley, dill and green onions. Chop the greens into small pieces with your hands, so they will give less bitter juice. Cut the sausage into cubes and chop the remaining ingredients using a coarse grater.

Place all cooked foods in a ceramic tureen or any other saucepan.

Season the ingredients with sour cream, salt, add water and first pour in half a tablespoon of vinegar. Then taste the okroshka and gradually add sourness to taste.

This classic okroshka recipe can be made more piquant and unusual in taste. To do this, instead of sausage, add chopped pork shish kebab to the soup.

Remember this method for making cold soup in case you have some cold meat left over from your picnic. It will be appropriate in okroshka, and thanks to the vinegar it will become softer.

Classic okroshka with kvass sausage

Almost all housewives prepare okroshka using kvass. This is one of the most popular versions of this soup. This dish can only compete with kefir okroshka, the recipe for which you will learn below.

If you think that in your life you have tried all the variants of okroshka with kvass, then make this dish according to the Siberian recipe, in which case the soup will pleasantly surprise you. To do this you will need:

small bunch of wild garlic;
green onions about 50 grams
one medium boiled potato in its jacket
three boiled eggs;
about 200 grams of boiled sausage without fat;
medium fresh cucumber;
kvass to taste (check thickness).

Chop the greens as finely as possible, and all other ingredients into small cubes. Place everything in a saucepan or tureen, stir, add salt and pepper. Pour in sour kvass to taste and stir again. Serve the soup chilled.

Please note that this recipe for classic okroshka will only work if you use the right kvass. You can make it yourself, but it is best to purchase it in a store marked “Okroshechny”. It will be moderately sour and will perfectly highlight the taste of other products.

Classic okroshka with sausage in mineral water

In order to prepare delicious okroshka with mineral water, you need to properly prepare the ingredients:

lemon;
five large radishes;
large fresh cucumber;
a bunch of green onions and dill;
about 200 grams of ham or boiled sausage;
two medium potatoes, pre-boiled in their jackets;
three eggs;
about 300 grams of sour cream, about 25% fat;
up to three liters of table mineral water.

First, prepare the greens: chop them finely, put them in a tureen, add plenty of salt and pour in the juice of one lemon.

Cut the sausage, eggs and potatoes into small cubes. Coarsely grate the cucumber and radish. Add all the products to the greens, add a liter of mineral water, add all the sour cream and mix.

Taste the soup and add salt or table water if necessary.

The dish will be satisfying and will appeal to all household members, the lemon will add sourness to it, and the mineral water will pleasantly complement the taste of the food.

Okroshka: classic whey recipe

Whey is a healthy and dietary product. It separates during the cooking of the cottage cheese and has a pleasant sourness.

The recipe for classic okroshka initially included whey as a broth, and later this ingredient was replaced with others.

To prepare this dish you need to take:

a small bunch of dill;
liter of whey;
about 350 grams of boiled sausage or ham;
about 10 medium radishes;
five medium boiled potatoes (it is best to boil them in their skins, this will give a richer taste);
five medium cucumbers (preferably crispy ones);
six hard-boiled eggs;
approximately 300 grams of homemade or full-fat sour cream;
salt and pepper.

Chop all ingredients except radishes and herbs into small cubes. Grate the radishes on a coarse grater. Mix the crushed products with sour cream and radishes. Season with salt and add whey. Chop the dill as finely as possible and after you pour the okroshka into bowls, sprinkle each portion with dill.

If you need okroshka (recipe) “Classic with sausage”, which turns out thick, then you won’t find a better option with whey. It has a soft sourness and delicate taste.

This cooking method is good because, if desired, you can replace the sausage with boiled beef, and the result will be no less tasty.

Classic recipe for okroshka with sausage on kefir

Kefir is in second place in popularity among broths for okroshka. It gives it thickness and makes the taste richer.

The classic recipe for okroshka with kefir includes vegetables, herbs, eggs and sausage. It is best to choose the highest quality boiled sausage for cooking, which has no fat and is packaged in a natural casing. Its color when cut should be gray-pink.

This is the kind of sausage that will make your dish taste pleasant. You should not choose cheap and low-quality varieties of sausage, because they will give the dish an unpleasant aftertaste, which kefir will only enhance. If you wish, you can purchase tender ham, it will also be appropriate.

You will need the following ingredients for kefir okroshka:

a bunch of dill, parsley and green onions;
four boiled eggs;
300 grams of boiled sausage;
four fresh cucumbers;
four large boiled potatoes;
six medium radishes;
about half a glass of sour cream;
dessert spoon of table mustard (without a slide);
about a liter of kefir.

The classic recipe for okroshka with kefir is distinguished by its dressing. As you already noticed, you will need mustard for it, but you also need to set aside three yolks in advance. Chop the whole egg and three whites into very small cubes. Do the same with potatoes and sausage, and grate the cucumbers and radishes on a coarse grater.

The use of greenery is also unusual in this method. Finely chop the green onion and grind it with salt. This preparation should produce juice, which will then give your soup an unusual and rich taste. Chop the dill and parsley.

Now let's start mixing the ingredients. Mix grated vegetables in a cup with chopped egg white, sausage and egg.

Prepare a dressing from sour cream, crushed yolks, a quarter of chopped dill with parsley, salted green onions and mustard. Add a little salt and ground black pepper to this dressing.

This okroshka is prepared with kefir in portions. Place a few tablespoons of salad mixed in a bowl on each plate. Then pour kefir over this preparation and add a tablespoon of dressing. Sprinkle with the remaining chopped herbs.

The only drawback of this recipe is that each member of the household will have to try and adjust the taste of okroshka on their own. Be sure to put kefir on the table in a jug, several bowls: with mayonnaise, the rest of the prepared sauce, mustard, sour cream. Add spices: salt and pepper.

How to make okroshka with kefir dietary?

The above okroshka recipe can be modified to suit your needs. If you are on a diet, then you should take kefir and sour cream with minimal fat content.

You can exclude potatoes and sausage from the list of ingredients. If giving up meat products is very difficult for you, then you can take boiled and lean meat instead of sausages:

lean beef;
white chicken meat (derived from the breast).

These methods will significantly reduce the number of calories in the finished dish. The only thing that should not be excluded from this recipe is eggs. Even if you prepare an option without meat at all, eggs will help your body get the missing vitamins and minerals.

The Tatars prepare a traditional drink, ayran, based on kefir. To prepare it, chopped herbs are added to kefir in large quantities. Using this principle, you can prepare green okroshka, which is recommended for those who are on a strict diet.

The recipe for the lightest okroshka with kefir includes: chopped herbs (parsley, dill and onion), grated radish and cucumber. If you plan to eat meat or eggs during the day, then for dinner you can afford the lightest okroshka with kefir, which includes only fresh vegetables.

If you decide to cook okroshka, remember that this dish allows for a large number of variations and liberties. You can use different liquids as broth, replace sausages with natural meat, and prepare ingredients in different ways.

For example, in a number of cooking methods you can find baked rather than boiled potatoes. This unusual way of preparing potatoes can be used at picnics, and in this case you can use chilled kebab as meat.

Watch the video - a classic okroshka recipe:

The only thing that does not change from recipe to recipe is the abundance of herbs and fresh vegetables in this soup, which makes it enriched with a large amount of vitamins.

Hello everyone, friends!

Spring and summer are the time to cook, and then - with Great Pleasure, eat okroshka prepared with your own hands and with Love!☺

Do you agree with me, friends? I know that many agree...

Who doesn't love this dish? Yes, EVERYONE loves it!

And today we are talking about it - about okroshka... Tasty, tender, aromatic, very satisfying and super-refreshing!

So, how to cook okroshka?

I tried to collect the most delicious recipes☺

From this article you will learn:

How to cook okroshka - delicious recipes

As usual, I chose for you something interesting, tasty and easy to prepare at the same time.

We agree right away: the number of ingredients in each version of okroshka is individual. Because “there are no comrades for taste and color”

Some people like it when there are lots and lots of radishes in okroshka, but not enough potatoes, for example. And for some it’s quite the opposite...

Some people like the “spoon to stand”, and some like it to be thin...☺ And some people love it when the main ingredient of any okroshka is sausage... I know people like that too... ☺

Therefore, I have collected the most popular recipes, although I myself do not eat sausage, and either do not put it in okroshka or replace it with boiled chicken or beef.

How to cook okroshka with kvass?

I repeat once again: the number of ingredients in each version of okroshka is individual. Because “there are no comrades for taste and color”

We will need:

Sausage.
Boiled potatoes.
Boiled eggs.
Fresh cucumbers.
Sour cream.
Salt, pepper, herbs.
Kvass.

Boil potatoes and eggs, cool, peel.
Cut potatoes, eggs, sausage and cucumbers into cubes.
Slice the radishes very thinly.
Finely chop all the greens.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly, add salt and pepper. * Pour in kvass, sprinkle with herbs.
*You can add sour cream at once and mix everything, or you can serve it individually on a plate for everyone.

Classic okroshka, but nevertheless incredibly tasty! Previously, our mothers and grandmothers cooked only according to this recipe. Now there are many options for the “execution” of this dish. And before it was the only way... Therefore, this okroshka has a taste that has been loved since childhood...

How to prepare okroshka using whey?

We will need:

Milk serum.
Boiled sausage.
Fresh cucumber.
Eggs.
Parsley, green onion, dill.
Sour cream.
Lemon.

Finely chop the onions, cucumbers and herbs.
Add sour cream, mix.
Boil the eggs, finely chop the eggs and sausage.
Add to the onions and cucumbers, mix again.
Fill with serum.
Salt, add lemon juice.
Stir and place in the refrigerator for a short time to let the okroshka steep.
You can squeeze some garlic into the okroshka, it will be very piquant!

How to prepare okroshka with kefir?

We will need:

Chicken breast.
Kefir.
Radish.
Mineral water with gas.
Chicken eggs.
Dill, cilantro (coriander), green onion, parsley.
Bay leaf, natural apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice), salt, ground black pepper.

We cook the eggs.
Cut the chicken breast into small cubes and boil along with the bay leaf, after adding salt and pepper. You can first boil it in one piece, and then cut it.
Finely chop radishes, cucumbers, eggs, cilantro, parsley, onions and dill.
Mix mineral water, lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar) and kefir.
Mix all the chopped ingredients thoroughly, place them on plates and pour kefir and mineral water.
Salt, pepper and mix again.
Serve garnished with greens.

How to cook okroshka with beer?

A real “man’s” okroshka!

We will need:

radish,
beer,
green onion,
fresh cucumbers,
boiled potatoes,
boiled sausage,
hard-boiled eggs,
salt pepper.

We cut all the components at our discretion, as we like. We fill everything with cold beer, it can (and should!) be non-alcoholic! Personally, I am for this version of the “execution” of this okroshka!
Salt, pepper and mix well.
Everything is ready, let's serve!

Diet okroshka - delicious recipe

There are no boiled potatoes in this okroshka; the role of a “hearty” product is “performed” by green peas. Therefore, you can “crack” this okroshka as much as you want, and it will not affect your figure in any way!

We need:

Boiled beef tongue.
Boiled chicken breast.
Fresh cucumber.
Radish.
Hard-boiled eggs.
Green onions.
Green pea.
Lots of greens - cilantro, dill, parsley, celery, ... Add what you like from the green stuff!
Pepper, salt and all your favorite spices.
Lemon juice.
Mineral water with gas.

Preparation:

Cut all the ingredients into small cubes, grate the cucumber, add finely chopped herbs, salt and pepper, add spices, lemon juice. Pour mineral water over everything and mix.

A week on such okroshka - and the figure will be like a model!

Okroshka with meat broth

We will need:

Chicken leg.
Eggs.
Potato.
Cucumber.
Dill, green onion.
Sour cream.
Lemon juice. Salt pepper.

Preparation:

Boil potatoes and eggs, peel.
Make broth from chicken legs.
Remove the meat, cool, separate it from the bones, and finely cut into cubes.
Chop the greens. * Cut eggs and all vegetables into small cubes.
Mix everything thoroughly in a large container, add sour cream.
Pour the cooled broth over everything, add salt and lemon juice.
Place the finished okroshka in a cool place for one hour.

Serve, seasoned with chopped garlic and a spoonful of home-cooked garlic! J

Tomato okroshka - delicious recipe

This is a very refreshing and delicious soup! In the summer heat - just what you need, friends!

So, the base is tomato juice:

Sweet bell peppers, boiled chicken fillet, radishes, boiled potatoes, as well as fresh cucumbers, hard-boiled eggs - we cut all this beautifully.
You can grate the radish and cucumber on a coarse grater if you like.
Add chopped herbs, garlic, green onions, salt, pepper, add lemon juice.
Stir and add tomato juice.
Mix again and pour the wonderful summer version of tomato okroshechka into plates.

We eat with pleasure!

Okroshka with tomatoes (Indian version).

Friends, it’s an easy, simple and very cool dish, I’ll tell you! Unusual, original and prepared “one-two-three”! J

Just what you need, especially in summer!

Cooking: sweet, chopped tomatoes. Grate the cucumber. Add chopped herbs and salt. Add cumin spice and pour sour cream + kefir sauce over everything. Mix.

Ready! An excellent and healthy dish, including for a slim figure!

Vegetarian okroshka based on kefir

A recipe without any meat at all, for those who like to eat light food. And also an option for the summer, when it’s hot and hot and you really don’t want to eat anything “heavy”!

Okroshka components:

kefir,
boiled eggs,
boiled potatoes,
fresh cucumbers,
radish,
green onions, any greens,
green pea,
salt pepper.

Chop all the ingredients finely and beautifully, add peas, salt and pepper, pour in kefir and stir.

Try it, if you want it a little sour, you can add lemon juice.

Serve, garnished with greens.

Kefir okroshka with sorrel

An excellent option for okroshka! I really like it, try it!

Very original taste, friends! I like it. Unusual and interesting! I love everything unusual!

Components:

kefir,
(a lot of!),
radish,
green onion,
green peas,
fresh cucumber (grate)
canned corn,
salt pepper.
sour cream.

Finely chop the radish and grate the cucumber.
Chop the sorrel and onion.
Mix everything, add sour cream, corn, peas, salt, pepper.
Pour in kefir and stir.
You can add a little chopped garlic for extra piquancy.

Fish okroshka based on kvass

We need:

kvass,
green onion,
boiled carrots,
young boiled potatoes,
fresh cucumbers,
some capers
dill, parsley, celery,
mustard,
ground black pepper
salt.

Preparation:

Chop fish and vegetables.
Add chopped herbs, mustard, pepper, salt, capers.
Pour in kvass and stir.
If there is not enough “sourness”, add lemon juice.

If you want more “satisfaction”, you can add sour cream and green peas. I did this and my husband really liked it!

Okroshka based on kvass with bell pepper and chicken sausage

Bread kvass.
Boiled potatoes.
Chicken sausage.
Eggs.
Radish.
Greenery.
Sour cream.
Fresh cucumbers.
Garlic.
Mustard.
Salt pepper.
Sweet bell pepper.
Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.

Preparing okroshka:

Potatoes, sausage, bell peppers, eggs, herbs, cucumbers, cut radishes.
Add sour cream, garlic, mustard, lemon juice (vinegar), pepper, salt.
Pour bread kvass over everything and stir.

Serve it on the table and quickly invite your loved ones to have a meal!

It will be delicious!

Write in the comments your versions of this wonderful summer soup - okroshka! How do you like to cook it? What “tricks” do you have in preparing this dish? So that it’s impossible to tear yourself away from her!... Can you do that?

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