Cold Beet Soup - Holodnik (холодник)
A delicious vegetarian Cold Beet Soup, made from beets, cucumbers, kefir and lots of dill - called Holodnik (холодник). Full of Probiotics. Tasty like Okroshka or Svekolnik, the perfect chilled soup on a hot summer's day.
Ingredients
- 3 large beets about 1kg or 2 lbs
- 1 cucumber
- 10 hard boiled eggs
- 1 litre kefir
- 1 litre beet stock water reserved from boiled beets
- 3 green onions
- juice of a lemon
- 1 cup sour cream
- dill bunch chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt
Instructions
- Peel the beets and boil them until they are cooked and soft (easily pierced with a fork). This will take around 40 minutes, depending on the size of the beets. Reserve 1 litre of the liquid for your soup. Grate the beets and set aside.
- Finely chop the cucumbers, green onions and 6 of the hard boiled eggs. Slice the remaining 4 hard boiled eggs in half lengthwise and set aside.
- In a pot, combine the kefir, lemon juice and the beet stock. Season with salt and adjust to taste.
- Mix in the grated beets, cucumber, chopped eggs, green onions, and refrigerate in the frige until cold.
- Serve with ½ egg in each bowl, along with a generous dollop of sour cream and dill. Enjoy.