Kholodnik is a dish of Belarusian cuisine. This is a cold summer soup similar to a Russian okroshka, but it has a significant difference. A refrigerator is always prepared with beets, which gives it a beautiful rich color, and is poured with kefir.
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You will need
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- For a refrigerator with tops:
- 500 g of young beets with tops;
- liter of kefir;
- 2 fresh cucumbers;
- 75 g of green onions;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 tablespoons of sour cream;
- a teaspoon of sugar.
- For a lemon juice cooler:
- 2-3 beets;
- 2 large cucumbers;
- 0.5 liter kefir;
- middle head of onion;
- a small bunch of green onions;
- 2 eggs;
- 4 tablespoons of fat sour cream;
- dill;
- lemon juice;
- sugar;
- salt.
- For a ham cooler:
- one large beet;
- 4 eggs;
- 6 pieces of medium-sized potatoes;
- 4 fresh cucumbers;
- 300 g ham (smoked meat or sausage);
- kefir;
- unsalted carbonated mineral water;
- green onions;
- dill;
- table horseradish;
- salt.
Instruction manual
1
Refrigerator with tops
Rinse well the young beets with the tops under running water. Then cut the tops and peel the beets. Put the beets in the pan, fill with water and put on the stove to cook. About ten minutes before being ready, put the tops in the pan. When the beets are cooked, discard it together with the tops in a colander and let the water drain. Finely chop the beets and tops and transfer them to a clean pan.
2
Cook the eggs, peel and cut into cubes. Rub fresh cucumbers on a grater or cut into thin strips. Wash, dry and chop green onions. Put everything in a beetroot pan. Add sour cream and sugar, mix and pour kefir. Put in the refrigerator to cool. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and dill before serving.
3
Lemon Juice Fridge
Wash and boil the beets, then peel, grate on a coarse grater, transfer to a deep bowl and pour cold boiled water so that it covers the root crop. Peel and chop onions as small as possible. Wash and dry the cucumbers, dill and green onions. Grate the cucumbers, and chop the dill with green onions with a knife. Fold everything to the beets and pour kefir. Add sugar, salt and season the refrigerator with the juice squeezed from the lemon. Serve the sour cream separately.
4
Ham Fridge
Wash and boil the beets and potatoes. Then peel and cut into small cubes. Hard-boiled eggs, peel and finely chop. Wash and dry the cucumbers and dill. Rub the cucumbers on a coarse grater, and finely chop the dill. Cut the ham or smoked meat into thin strips.
5
Transfer all ingredients to a deep bowl or pan, mix thoroughly, cover the dishes with a lid and refrigerate. Before serving, put the prepared ingredients of the refrigerator on plates, pour kefir and chilled mineral water (in a 1: 1 ratio), salt and season with horseradish to taste.
note
Dishes from vegetables are recommended to be prepared in glass or enameled dishes (if the enamel is not damaged).
Useful advice
The refrigerator is traditionally eaten with sour cream and without bread. It is replaced by baked or boiled young potatoes seasoned with butter, which is usually served in a cold pot cooked without potatoes.
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