Making homemade okroshka according to delicious recipes

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:

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

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

Cooking okroshka with beef on kvass without cucumbers

If the previous recipe we had with sausage, then in this one we will use boiled beef. Men will especially like this cold soup. And you can serve it at any time of the day.

What you will need:

• 4 chicken eggs, pre-boiled.
• 3 tbsp. l. mustard.
• 400 g beef, already cooked.
• 5 radishes.
• 4 potatoes.
• Green onions - to taste.
• Dill - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Sour cream – 100 g.
• Kvass – 2 liters.

It’s good if all the products are cooked in advance. But we won’t need whole chicken eggs – we will only need the yolks.

How to cook

Place mustard in a bowl. Add the egg yolks here. Using a fork, combine and stir until smooth.

Cut the meat into small pieces or strips, as you prefer.

Grind the radishes on a grater. And potatoes - into cubes using a knife.

Chop the onion and dill.

Place all ingredients in a large saucepan. Pour in kvass. Add dressing, and for us it’s mustard with yolks.

Add sour cream and stir.

Add salt and pepper to your taste, stir and taste. Place in the refrigerator for an hour and serve chilled.

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:

1. Boil water in advance and cool.
2. Boil potatoes and eggs. Cut into beautiful cubes.
3. Wash other vegetables, cut into thin strips, sausage into cubes.
4. Chop the greens, pre-washed and dried, with a sharp knife.
5. Mix the products in a large deep container. Add sour cream and mayonnaise here. Stir the okroshka mixture again.
6. 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:

1. Boil potatoes and eggs, cool. Cut the potatoes into cubes. Chop the whites too and add to the potatoes.
2. Cut the cucumbers into strips, cut the beef into cubes, and tear the greens.
3. Combine delicious ingredients, excluding greens, in a large bowl.
4. For the dressing, grind the yolks, add a little salt, mustard, squeeze the juice from ½ lemon.
5. 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:

1. Prepare whey in advance (homemade is tastier). Freeze kefir completely.
2. 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.
3. Cooking okroshka is traditional. Also boil potatoes and eggs in advance. Cut all ingredients into cubes.
4. Add salt, ground pepper, sour cream. Squeeze lemon juice. Mix.

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

Vegetable okroshka in Azerbaijani style

Dogramach, as it is called in its homeland, is prepared with both kefir and matsoni. It will take very little time to prepare vegetable okroshka, because... You only need to boil the eggs. And mint will enhance its cooling and refreshing effect.

Will be required:

• 0.5 l matsoni (kefir);
• 2 cucumbers;
• 100 g green onions;
• 50 g dill;
• 2 eggs;
• 25 g fresh mint leaves;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

• Boil the eggs, and during this time chop the vegetables and herbs.
• Cool the eggs well, chop into cubes, combine with herbs and cucumbers.
• Mix a glass of water with kefir, add salt and pepper, pour into the slices, stir, put in the refrigerator for an hour and a half.

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:

1. Some products (beef, potatoes and eggs) will have to be prepared in advance, since they are added to the dish cold.
2. Rinse fresh vegetables and herbs before cooking, cover with cold water and leave for 15 minutes.
3. 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).
4. Chop the ingredients into one large container and mix mayonnaise and water in the second.
5. 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.

Okroshka salad recipe. Calorie, chemical composition and nutritional value.

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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:

1. The first part of the steps is the same: boil the potatoes directly in their skins, hard-boil the eggs.
2. Peel and chop potatoes and eggs.
3. Wash and chop the vegetables.
4. Wash the greens, blot off excess moisture and chop as well.
5. Sausage (ham is even tastier) also cut into cubes.
6. 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:

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

Add salt and pepper to taste at the table.

Lenten okroshka recipe

The obligatory ingredient of this traditional dish is meat or sausage. But if you adhere to church fasting, you will have to give up these ingredients.

The recipe for delicious okroshka (lenten) is as follows:

1. First of all, prepare boiled water and cool it well.
2. Finely chop boiled potatoes, cucumbers, radishes and herbs. Neither eggs nor meat are used in preparing Lenten okroshka.
3. Additionally, lettuce leaves torn by hand are added.
4. Green onions are chopped and ground in a mortar until juice forms.
5. The prepared ingredients are poured with chilled water and seasoned with lean mayonnaise, soy sauce, citric acid, salt and pepper.
6. The finished Lenten okroshka is placed in the refrigerator for half an hour, after which it is safely served to the dinner 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:

1. Prepare potatoes, eggs, meat in advance and cool.
2. Cut the ingredients into equal, beautiful cubes.
3. Mix in a large container and add kvass.
4. 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:

1. Prepare vegetables - boil potatoes, rinse cucumbers. Cut them up.
2. Prepare the eggs - boil, cool in ice water, cut into cubes, leave one yolk for preparing the dressing.
3. Cut the ham into beautiful bars or, maintaining the unity of style, into cubes.
4. Chop the onion and crush to release the juice, chop the greens.
5. Grind the remaining yolk with mustard.
6. Add kefir, salt, citric acid, and a little sugar to the water.
7. 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!

Cooking with citric acid and mayonnaise

The main ingredients for its preparation are almost always available in the house during the season, and especially at the dacha. But problems may arise with kvass, then mayonnaise with citric acid, diluted with cold water, will help out.

Will be required:

• 0.5 kg of any boiled meat or sausage;
• 3 potato tubers;
• 2-3 cucumbers;
• 6 pcs. eggs;
• a pack of mayonnaise;
• lemon acid to taste;
• a lot of fresh herbs (dill, green onions, etc.).

Preparation:

• Boil the potatoes in well-salted water, and then immediately place them in cold water to make peeling more convenient and easier. Chop the well-cooled potatoes into cubes using a special wire mesh.
• Chop hard-boiled eggs into pieces, cut sausage or meat into cubes.
• Finely chop the greens, the more the better (do not take thick stems - leave them, for example, for broth).
• The cucumbers can be partially grated and the rest cut into cubes.
• Pour everything into one pan, add salt, carefully mix with mayonnaise, pour in ice water with citric acid, let stand for a while and serve.

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:

1. Prepare eggs and potatoes in advance (boil, cool).
2. Chop vegetables, eggs and herbs into a saucepan.
3. 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!

Buying groceries

We go to the nearest vegetable market or supermarket. One of the main ingredients is meat. This is what makes the dish satisfying. It is advisable to buy low-fat varieties, for example, veal or beef. Some housewives prefer a more economical option - boiled sausage. But the real delicacy will be okroshka, to which beef tongue has been added. If you want to make a light fish soup, then use cod, perch or stellate sturgeon.

Don't forget the greens. Without it, okroshka is not as tasty and aromatic. Dill, parsley, cilantro and green onions need to be finely chopped, placed on the bottom of the pan and mashed with a masher.

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:

1. Buy ham, pre-cook potatoes in their skins.
2. Hard boil the eggs.
3. Wash the greens and cucumbers.
4. Grate the radish, put it in the refrigerator, wait the right time.
5. Cut all other ingredients in the same style - into cubes or strips.
6. 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!

Delicious classic okroshka: recipe

Initially, kvass was used as a base for cold soup. We suggest preparing this recipe for the most delicious okroshka, which is considered a classic, below.

Step-by-step preparation of the dish is as follows:

1. It is good to cool white or bread kvass. Leave it in the refrigerator until the rest of the ingredients for the dish are chopped.
2. Boil any meat (200 g) with spices to taste. At the end of cooking, add salt. Then cool and cut into small cubes.
3. Boil potatoes (3 pcs.) in their skins, wait until they cool down and cut into pieces in the same way as meat.
4. Boil eggs (4 pcs.) in water with salt, cool, peel and chop into cubes.
5. Finely chop the cucumbers and radishes.
6. Chop the greens (onion, parsley, dill) in the same way.
7. Mix all chopped ingredients in one bowl. Divide the resulting mass into plates, pour cold kvass and add sour cream to taste. Salt as desired.