It is curious, but many people are accustomed to believe that any soup must certainly be prepared on the basis of the broth, using meat ingredients. However, the broth can be vegetable, mushroom, and a delicious rich soup is obtained without adding components of animal origin.
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What is lean soup
Lean soup is the first dish that does not contain animal products. Why "lean"? Because it is customary for Orthodox Christians to prepare such dishes in Fasting, on fasting days, that is, every Wednesday and Friday, as well as daily in long periods of Fasts during the year. However, the lenten menu is becoming a constant way of life for an increasing number of followers of veganism, which implies a complete rejection of the use of animal products or products produced not by deprivation of life, but also by the exploitation of animals by humans. In the understanding of people far from ethical nutrition, cooking lean soup comes down to replacing meat broth with water. Potatoes with vermicelli floating in a transparent, colorless liquid look not only unappetizing, but also very repulsive. In fact, Lenten soup can be prepared on the basis of mushroom or vegetable broth. There are many filling options: vegetables, potatoes, cereals in various combinations. The use of vegetable oil, spices and herbs, sometimes flour or starch allows you to get great-looking and tasty first courses. There are so many recipes for lean soups that the same soup may not be repeated on the menu for months.
Who benefits from lean soups
In addition to those people whose lifestyle involves constant or periodic refusal of animal products, vegan or fasting first courses will be useful to everyone who suffers from various disorders in the endocrine system of the body: with obesity, diabetes, atopic dermatitis, etc. Also, to everyone who follows their figure and to everyone who wants to eat healthy, tasty and healthy.
How to cook lean soup
Vegetarian (lean) soups can be cooked both on the stove and in the oven. At the same time, cooking soup in the oven is much simpler, easier than on the stove. The components do not require pre-processing, and therefore the whole process is reduced to two main stages: - preparation of products, including cleaning and grinding; c In general, the process of preparing lean soup is the same as the process of preparing meat soup. An exception is the lack of the need for preliminary cooking of meat broth, which occurs, as a rule, in several stages: soaking the meat, preparing the primary broth (which must be poured out because it is not suitable for food), preparing the secondary broth, filtering and then laying the products for soup.