With the advent of summer, every housewife is looking for a dish that would not be too fatty and hot. After all, consuming such food, you load the body very much, which is already in a stressful situation due to the heat. Therefore, I want something light and cold. And here one of the traditional recipes of Russian cuisine comes to our aid. We will teach you how to make okroshka on kvass and tell you why this option is the most useful and delicious.
This dish is similar to borsch and includes vegetables and a large amount of greens. Due to the fact that it uses cold broth or kvass, this dish is indispensable in the heat. However, most housewives make okrosha based on meat broth. We propose to further increase its useful properties and take
home brew as a basis
. For okroshka, this is a great solution, because it will not spoil the taste of the dish and at the same time increase the number of vitamins and minerals in it. Along with kvass, our food will also contain kefir - also a very useful dairy product, which is especially popular among the fair half of humanity due to its low calorie content.
So, how to cook okroshka with kvass and what ingredients will we need for this? All proportions are designed for medium saucepan. We take a pound of boiled peeled potatoes, four boiled eggs, a pound of fresh cucumbers, 100 grams of green onions, a small bunch of dill, 300 grams of cooked sausage (without fat), 100 milliliters of mayonnaise and a half liter of good homemade kvass. Here from these ingredients we will prepare our today's food. As you have already noticed, the ingredients are no different from the traditional recipe, only with the exception of kvass, which replaces the meat broth. Now we proceed directly to the explanation of how to make okroshka on kvass.
The recipe is commonplace, as it involves only a couple of actions. First, take all the ingredients and cut into cubes. If desired, the eggs can be grated, but it is preferable to crumble too, so that the structure of the soup remains intact. All components are mixed in a pan. In order for them to stand in the refrigerator for as long as possible and not spoil, you do not need to salt them.
Immediately before use, combine in a plate a small amount of vegetables, mayonnaise, kefir and fill it all with kvass. Stir and salt (if necessary). So, as an example, you saw how to make okroshka on kvass.
It should be noted that today there are several options for kvass. It is made from bread, berries and fruits. Some mistakenly assume that it is an alcoholic drink, because as a result of fermentation, its composition changes slightly, and 2% of alcohol appears in it. However, one should not worry about this, because this is too low a percentage that the body will not even feel.
If you want to diversify your menu a little, you can make a fruit okroshka, using apples, peaches, seedless cherries instead of vegetables, pouring it with the same drink. The recipe is identical to how to make okroshka on kvass. The dish will also turn out tasty, healthy and pleasantly refresh in the summer days.