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Kefir Okroshka with Radish and Sausage

A refreshing, chilled summer soup made with kefir, water, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, fresh vegetables, and cooked sausage. No kvass—light and crisp in flavor.

Time
45 min
Serving
431 kcal
Ingredients
≈ $2.58
Protein
22 g
Kefir Okroshka with Radish and Sausage

Ingredients

1
  1. 1 Kefirpack 900 ml ≈ $2.13 212 ml
  2. 2 Potatoes≈ $2.19 per kg 102 g
  3. 3 Eggspack 10 pcs ≈ $1.93 0.8 pcs
  4. 4 Cucumbers≈ $3.67 per kg 68 g
  5. 5 Bologna sausagepack 400 g ≈ $4.00 60 g
  6. 6 Radishespack 300 g ≈ $1.80 42 g
  7. 7 Green onionspack 50 g ≈ $1.30 13 g
  8. 8 Dillpack 50 g ≈ $1.80 7 g
  9. 9 Mustard 4 g
  10. 10 Salt 2 g

Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.

Method

  1. Boil potatoes2 in their skins for 20 minutes until tender, drain, cool for 15 minutes, then chop into cubes.

  2. Hard-boil an egg for 9 minutes, cool in cold water, then chop.

  3. Dice cucumber4, radish6, and cooked sausage into small cubes.

  4. Finely chop green7 onion and dill8, mash with salt until juicy.

  5. Mix kefir1 with 100 ml cold water and a pinch of mustard until smooth.

  6. Combine all ingredients, pour in the kefir1 mixture, and chill for 10 minutes.

Tips

Why it works
Boil the potatoes in their skins to keep the starch and stop the cubes from crumbling when chilled. Peeled potatoes turn watery and lose their shape.
Substitutions
Replace the radish with 50 g of onion cut into thin half-rings, or add 30 g of canned green peas for a little tang. You can thin the kefir with 100 ml of soured milk instead of water.
Common mistakes
If the okroshka looks cloudy and separates, the kefir and water weren't mixed well enough or some ingredients were still hot. Check the temperature of everything before mixing.
Storing and reheating
Keep for 2 days in the fridge and stir before eating. Reheat on the stove at 60°C for 3 minutes or in the microwave for 1 minute, but it's better to eat it right away, or the potatoes will go soft.
Serve with
Serve with thin slices of rye bread or rye croutons lightly dried in a pan. Good for a hot summer day when you don't feel like cooking.

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