Okroshka on mineral water is not as popular as on kvass. But she also has her admirers. Especially since it can be done quickly. It does not require additional training. You do not need to make kvass or whey in advance, boil and then cool the water to dilute kefir or mayonnaise. Mineral can be purchased at any store. And it is suitable both sparkling water and without gas.
Subtleties
- For okroshka take ordinary mineral water. You can not use the one that is sold in a pharmacy, as it is medical. Healthy people do not drink it.
- Before pouring mineral water into okroshka, it is well cooled. All foods must also be cold, so okroshka not sour.
- The same vegetables are put in it as in okroshka on kvass or kefir: potatoes, cucumbers, radishes, green onions, any greens. To make it more satisfying, eggs, meat products, and sausage are added to it. Mustard, as well as black pepper, horseradish give it a piquancy.
- Since mineral water is not acidic, vinegar, citric acid, and lemon juice are added to the okroshka.
- To add flavor to it, they put sour cream, mayonnaise or kefir. When mixed, okroshka begins to seethe, since soda, which is in mineral water, reacts with acid. But it is these gases that add sharpness to okroshka, and it becomes like okroshka on kvass.
Okroshka on mineral water with sausage
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- radishes - 3 pcs .;
- eggs - 3 pcs .;
- cooked lean sausage - 300 g;
- fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs .;
- green onions - a few feathers;
- dill, parsley - a small bunch;
- mayonnaise - 170 g;
- salt;
- citric acid;
- black pepper;
- mineral water - 1 l.
Preparation Method
- Boil the potatoes in their skins. Cool it down. Clean up Cut into strips.
- Put the eggs in boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. Then put them in cold water and cool. Peel off the shell. Crush with a knife.
- Cut the sausage into strips.
- Cucumber and radish rub on a medium grater.
- Chop green onions, put them in a bowl, add a large pinch of salt. Pound, to stand out juice.
- Put all the vegetables, sausage, eggs in the pan. Add mayonnaise. Stir.
- You will have a salad similar to Olivier. Dilute it with mineral water. Salt it. Add acid. Stir. Before serving okroshka cool.
Okroshka on mineral water, vegetable with green peas
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs .;
- eggs - 3 pcs .;
- parsley and dill - several sprigs;
- canned green peas - 420 g (can);
- green onions - to taste;
- mustard - 1 tsp;
- sour cream - 150 g;
- mayonnaise - 100 g;
- mineral water - 1, 5 l;
- salt;
- vinegar - to taste;
- black pepper.
Preparation Method
- Cook potatoes until cooked. Cool completely. Cut into cubes.
- Boil hard boiled eggs. It will take you 10 minutes. Put them in cold water and cool. Clean up. Crush with a fork.
- Cut cucumbers into cubes or grate on a medium grater.
- Open a jar of green peas, drain the liquid. Put the peas in the pot.
- Add chopped greens, mustard, salt and pepper. Season with sour cream and mayonnaise. Stir.
- Pour mineral water, stirring, to determine the density of okroshka. Add citric acid or vinegar to taste. Okroshka cool.
Okroshka on mineral water with radish
Ingredients:
- boiled beef - 300 g;
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- green onions - a small bunch;
- green radish - 1 pc .;
- dill - a few twigs;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- vinegar - to taste;
- mineral water - 1 l;
- sour cream - 150 g.
Preparation Method
- Cool the boiled beef in broth, then the meat will remain juicy.
- Wash radish. Peel off. Rub on a medium grater.
- Boil the potatoes, cool. Cut into cubes.
- Chop green onions and dill.
- All products put in the pan. Add salt, pepper, sour cream. Stir.
- Pour mineral water. Add vinegar to taste and mix again. Refrigerate for two hours.
Okroshka on mineral water without potatoes
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 300 g;
- fresh cucumbers - 3 pcs .;
- eggs - 4 pcs .;
- mineral water - 700 ml;
- green onions - to taste;
- dill - bunch;
- sour cream - 50 g;
- kefir - 300 g;
- citric acid;
- mustard - 1 tsp;
- salt.
Preparation Method
- Boil the chicken fillets in a small amount of salted water. Cool in broth. Then remove and cut into small pieces.
- Eggs boil hard boiled. Clean up. Divide into whites and yolks. Squirrels cut into strips. Fold the yolks in a bowl, add a little kefir, rub with mustard and salt.
- Grate the cucumbers on a medium grater.
- Dill and chop green onions.
- Put everything in the pan. Add sour cream and kefir. Stir.
- Pour in mineral water. Put citric acid and salt. Stir again. Let it stand in the fridge.
Mistress to note
- If you need to prepare a large amount of okroshka, do not pour chopped vegetables with mineral water. Put them in a saucepan and keep them in the cold. Before serving, put a portion of chopped products in the form of a salad in a deep plate, pour mineral water on it. Add sour cream.
- If instead of sour cream you use mayonnaise, first mix it with sliced products, and then dilute with mineral water.
- You can add carrots to okroshka. To do this, first boil it until tender, then rinse with cold water and cool in the refrigerator. Cut into cubes.
- Sometimes tomatoes are put in okroshka. Wash tomatoes, pour boiling water. After 2 minutes, remove the skin. Cut the tomatoes into cubes. Mix with other vegetables.
- If you want to add sorrel to okroshka, cut it first, then put it in a little water. Cool it down. Combine with the remaining ingredients. Since it is quite acidic, okroshka is not needed to be acidified additionally.
