Features of cooking okroshka on kvass Bashny.Net

Many dishes that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians willingly eat, foreigners are even afraid to try. Along with the cold, the leading position in the anti-rating of Russian dishes is traditionally occupied by okroshka.





Kvass itself causes foreign guests a lot of questions, but when they see it floating pieces of eggs, vegetables and sausages.





A tourist from Canada described her impressions after tasting "Russian soup with homemade cola": "We took everything on the table, including drinks, and collected in one plate." Poor food, poor kvass, even poor kefir. Why are they suffering?





The name “okroshka” comes from the verb “crush, cut finely” and is mentioned in Russian cookbooks from the middle of the XVIII century. Classic okroshka is a mixture of finely sliced vegetables, meat or fish, pickles and herbs, seasoned with kvass as well as sour cream.





An old recipe for okroshka implies the use of a special white kvass, but other products are often used in everyday life: kefir, beer, meat broth, mineral water, cucumber brine.





Ahead of a hot summer "Site" will share with readers an old recipe for refreshing okroshka on kvass and tell you why this Russian dish is the ideal way to get rid of excess weight.

Nothing attracts so much to the refrigerator in the summer as a pan of cold kvass. For its preparation, you will need the simplest products that are likely to be found in the garden or on the market.





The ingredients

• 1.5 l unsweetened kvass
• 500g potatoes
• 150g boiled chicken fillet
• 150g boiled sausage
• 200g radish
• 300g cucumbers
• 1 sweet pepper
• 200g green onion
• 100g dill
• parsley
• salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Boil potatoes in uniforms. Cool, clean, cut the dice.
2. Sausage, chicken fillet, boiled eggs, cucumbers cut in cubes. Cut the radishes and peppers with a thin straw. Cut the greens finely.
   
   
   
3. Mix the meat, sausage and vegetables in a bowl.
4. Put it on plates.
5. Pour kvass, sprinkle greens on top.
   
   
   
6. Serve it chilled.
7. Add a dish of satiety can sour cream, but it is better not to use it for weight loss.
8. Bon appetit!

The benefits of okroshka for dietary nutrition We have already written about the benefits of a soup diet. In the summer, it becomes especially popular. okroshka. It helps not only to lose weight, but also to refresh.





For losing weight, vegetarian okroshka is best, but it is not necessary to make it completely lean. You can use the least fatty and very protein-rich chicken breast.

You can sit on a diet from okroshka from three days to a month. A huge number of recipes of summer refreshing soup allows them to alternate, without fear of getting bored.

Benefits of okroshka

1. Low calorie content
   Its impressive effectiveness diet on okroshka owes low calorie content of this dish. On average, caloricity It is 60 calories per 100 grams of product. Even if you eat a kilogram of refreshing soup during the day, it will bring you no more than 600 kilocalories at a daily rate of 2000-2200 kilocalories.
2. Vitamins and minerals
   Most monodiet can not fully meet the body’s needs for nutrients and vitamins, and okroshka is full of vegetables, simply replete with vitamins. It also contains many useful minerals for the body: iodine for the normal functioning of the thyroid gland, calcium for teeth and bones, potassium for blood and sodium to normalize water balance.
   
   
3. Improving digestion
   The ingredients of okroshka are rich in complex carbohydrates and fiber. It is the latter that has a beneficial effect on the intestinal microflora, normalizes the work of the intestine, prevents constipation, removes toxins. In this summer dish there is also apple and citric acid, which improves digestion.

In short, a diet on okroshka will bring you 3 bonuses at once: weight loss, excluding its return and huge health benefits!





With caution, this diet should be approached by persons prone to indigestion, diarrhea and flatulence. Do not get carried away by okroshka and those who have chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

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