There are many ways to make okroshka. This dish can be vegetarian and with meat, kefir, whey, kvass or boiled water with mayonnaise. In general, every experienced housewife will find her own signature one that she serves to the table in the summer heat or prepares for January 1, in order to help loved ones recover from the abundant consumption of fatty, salty and other junk food on New Year's Eve. There are several fairly universal options for this dish, having mastered which you can experiment with the ingredients, taking into account your taste.

This is perhaps the most common way to prepare the traditional "cold soup". It will be appropriate both in the summer heat and after a grand feast. We thought about how, First you need to get the required amount of this drink. In the summer, it is usually on sale, but in the winter this can be difficult. Many housewives use homemade kvass, which has an extremely positive effect on the final dish, but you need to think about it in advance so that the drink is ready on time.

For 1 serving of soup, you need to take a glass of kvass, 1 small cucumber, several radishes (if any), medium potatoes (it is pre-boiled in a peel), 1 egg (boiled), boiled pork, ham or boiled sausage - 50 g. You will also need a tablespoon sour cream, a little hot mustard, salt with ground pepper and as much greens as are available.

Some housewives argue about how to make okroshka - finely chop all the ingredients or leave them large so that you can taste each one. In principle, both the first and second options have the right to exist, but initially the name of the dish arose from the verb "crumb". That is, it turns out that fine cutting will be more correct. Although if it is customary in a family, for example, to add ingredients to salads in large pieces, then you can do the same with okroshka.

Peel the potatoes, eggs too, wash the vegetables and cut everything into approximately the same cubes. Finely chop the greens. Then combine all the components, salt, add mustard and pepper, pour in kvass and mix. When serving, put a spoonful of sour cream in each plate.

How to make okroshka on whey

In this version, the dish is prepared mainly in the summer, since it turns out to be very light and healthy. For 4 servings of okroshka, take a liter of whey, a large cucumber, 2 medium potatoes (cooked in a peel), 100 g of boiled sausage, 2 eggs, herbs, sour cream to taste.

This recipe has one little secret. Before that, you need to chop the greens and crush it with salt in the same bowl where the rest of the ingredients will be sent in the future. In this case, she will let out the juice, thanks to which the dish will receive an additional piquant taste and unique aroma.

The rest of the components are cleaned, crumbled into cubes and sent to the greens. Then add salt, mix and refrigerate. When serving, pour the whey and add the sour cream.

More precisely, the dish is prepared in boiled water. It is intended mainly for those who do not like okroshka with kvass or whey. The process takes a minimum of time, literally 20 minutes. For one and a half liters of cold boiled water, take 5 boiled eggs, a bunch of green onions and parsley, 4 fresh cucumbers, about 300 g of Doktorskaya sausage, 200 g of mayonnaise, salt, ground pepper, a little mustard ...

The vegetables are washed and cut into cubes, the sausage is also crumbled quite finely, the greens are chopped, everything is mixed. Boiled eggs are peeled, the protein is separated from the yolk, crushed and added to the rest of the ingredients. The yolk is kneaded, mixed with mayonnaise and mustard, and then diluted with water, after which it is salted to taste and pepper is added. Then the remaining ingredients are poured with the resulting liquid. Add ice when serving.