Cold beetroot is a great dish on hot days

In the summer heat, many housewives remember the recipes for cold soups, because the home ones are somehow not drawn to dishes in the heat of the heat. The most common and well-known option is okroshka, which is prepared both on milk whey and on kvass. But if she is already boring, then we advise you to cook cold beetroot. This dish is light and refreshing, and the ingredients for its composition can be found in almost every home.

To begin with, beetroot can be cooked according to different recipes, each of them is interesting in its own way. In any case, this cold soup in the heat is able to give strength and invigorate. You will spend a minimum of time, effort and ingredients on cooking, and the result will certainly delight even the most capricious family member.

According to the classic recipe, it is supposed to make beetroot soup from bread kvass and beet broth, and besides that, we need some components from the fresh harvest:

• 3 beets;
• 2 boiled eggs;
• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• 2 potatoes;
• a bunch of green onions;
• greens to taste;
• vinegar (can be replaced with lemon juice);
• salt, sugar and other spices on your own.

Ideal if you have a freshly harvested vegetable with tops on hand. However, you can also cook cold beetroot from ripe vegetables: it will turn out to be no less tasty.

How to make a classic cold beetroot recipe

We start working on the dish by processing the beets. First you need to cut off the leaves along with the petioles, peel the fruit. Meanwhile, a saucepan with 2 liters of water may already be on the stove, to which sugar to taste and a little vinegar (or lemon juice) have been added. There we lower the beets and cook them until tender.

It is advisable to marinate the beets before making the soup.

Now you need to take out the vegetable and chop it. How exactly to do this - each housewife decides at her discretion. A cold beetroot will look beautiful, for which the fruit is cut into strips. But for someone to taste the soup, where the vegetable is not so noticeable, as it is grated.

We lower the chopped beets into the broth, it is necessary for it to be infused, take its unique bright color from the fruit, and cool it down. We have time to process the beet leaves. They need to be finely chopped and poured over with boiling water. Now carefully wash the cucumbers and cut them into strips.

We turn to the potatoes, which had to be boiled in a peel in advance and cooled. Cut it into small cubes. Grind the green onion and grind it with a pinch of salt.

Let's prepare the eggs, which should have been hard-boiled in advance. We peel them and cut each of them into four parts. You can put prepared ingredients in a saucepan - chopped beet leaves and potatoes, onions and cucumbers. Fill the food with cold broth and mix. You need to taste the soup and add salt if necessary.

It remains to pour the cold beetroot into the plates. We serve it to the table, putting a quarter of eggs, herbs and sour cream in each portion.

Health Benefits of Summer Beetroot Soup

Let's talk about the benefits of cold soup based on beets and their broth. Moreover, we underestimate this product today. Our ancient ancestors, by the way, used only tops for cooking, and the root crop itself and infusions based on it were considered a real medicine.

For example, beets are useful for the presence of a large amount of vitamins, macro- and microelements. It contains thiamine, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron, manganese, chlorine and iodine. Even Hippocrates recommended not to disdain in the treatment with beet broth. For example, it has been used to heal ulcers and raise hemoglobin levels.

Beetroot soup is not only tasty, but also very healthy.

Beetroot helps to improve the health of the lymphatic system. It cleanses the liver and normalizes the gallbladder. Due to the presence of iodine, this product is indicated for problems with the endocrine system. His help in combating hypertension is invaluable.

Beet juice lowers blood pressure and removes excess cholesterol from the body. It improves the work of the digestive tract and strengthens the immune system. However, if someone close to you has a stomach or duodenal ulcer, then they need to be careful when eating cold beetroot. Alternatively, we advise you to cook a dish with the addition of kefir instead of beetroot broth.

Cold kefir soup with mayonnaise dressing

This dish is very light and spicy at the same time. It can become one of the favorite summer dishes, not inferior to the taste of the famous okroshka. What we need to prepare it:

• 600 ml of kefir;
• mayonnaise;
• mustard;
• 1 beet;
• 200 g of radishes;
• a bunch of greens and feathers;
• 2 eggs.

First you need to boil the beets, after which we remove the peel from it. We rub the fruit on a coarse grater and put it in a tureen. You can also add washed and grated radishes there.

Prepare a dressing from mayonnaise and mustard. We combine sauces together to get a bright and specific taste. It will add freshness and a little spiciness to the dish.

Cold beetroot on kefir is an excellent alternative to okroshka

Now you can cut the greens and add them to the rest of the food. Mix the ingredients, season them with sauce, and then fill the dish with kefir. We lay out the cold beetroot on the plates. Add the peeled eggs cut into quarters.

This option can be prepared for future use and stored in the refrigerator completely ready for use. When the soup is steeped, it tastes even better. Since we are preparing cold beetroot soup with kefir, it will be useful even for problems with the gastrointestinal tract.

What else is wonderful about cold beetroot? Of course, with its appetizing appearance. Bright red beetroot color goes well with white sour cream, sunny yolk and freshness of greens.

Therefore, just one glance at the food awakens a brutal appetite. At the same time, ladies do not have to fear for their figure, since the soup contains practically no calories and fats.

True, lovers sometimes add something meaty to the beetroot - sausages or boiled meat. In this case, the dish becomes more satisfying. We advise you to experiment with its base: you can use not only kefir or beet broth, but whey, yogurt, natural yogurt.