100 Calorie Vegetarian Borsch

ronaldo4ka

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my recipe of a quick Russian borsch soup that only has 100 calories in a serving (and I'm talking about a 2-2.5 cup serving!) Of course, for those of you (like me) who know, how to cook real borsch, this recipe sounds sub par, but I'm telling you, the soup will fill you up, it is very quick and easy to make and ingredients are available in any grocery store. It is also vegetarian.

Anyways, you go to a grocery and buy:

1) 2 14oz cans of baby beets (whole or cubed)
2) 1 bell pepper (anything but green)
3) 1 small cabbage head
4) 1 onion
5) Baby carrots
6) Knorr or similar cubed bouillon (vegetable base)

In a pot you combine cubed baby beets, cubed pepper, about 1 cup of diced cabbage, half a cup of diced onion, 10 cubed baby carrots and cover this with water. Of course, the more water - the less taste there's in the borsch. I poured 4 16oz bottles and there was more than enough water. Start boiling the soup and add salt/fresh ground pepper to taste, 2 bouillon cubes and any other spices to taste (cumin, coriander etc). After it boils, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Soup is ready and there is a lot of it! My recipe makes 4 huge servings. Best eaten with European whole grain bread sprinkled with finely chopped garlic and a tablespoon of sour cream)

bathsheba_c

Wait, I want the original borscht recipe! Give us that one instead!

ronaldo4ka

Haha ok I'll have to find it in my notes, translate and post here. There iwll be more calories of course, but OMG will it be worth every calorie)))

onehurt

I would like to see the regular recipe too.... Never had it before, but have g=heard of it.

Mark

taaaters

Thanks for posting, I'm going to have to try this

InvidiaXII

Bumpity bump bump

attempttwo

Bump

t8tersalad

This sounds delicious!

Doberdawn

Haven't had this in years

maremare312

Sounds good, I've never had any kind of Borscht!

gogonunubean

mmm, I love borsch - I got some spices last time I was in Russia which I haven't used. This looks like a great compromise!

ronaldo4ka

Ok ladies here is the recipe posted on www.gotovim-doma.ru : (it means cooking-at-home.ru, basically):

Composition
5 liters if water
Meat - 600-700 grams (best to use fatty beef... probably beef for stew will work)
Potatoes - 2-3 pieces,
1 Beet
Onions - 2 ,
Carrots - 2 ,
Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
Tomatoes - 2-3
Bell peppers (red or green, bitter ones are ok) - 1,
1 small cabbage head
Greens (parsley, dill etc)
A little piece of old bacon, (from Olga - not really bacon, but pork fat)
1 clove of garlic,
Salt/Pepper to taste

Preparation
Wash the meat and put in a pot, cover with cold water and cook until done. Best to boil and cook on low heat for a few hours so that the meat will be super-tender.
Cut potatoes into cubes, and place in the broth.
In a frying pan, fry the beets, cut into strips.
Add onion, diced, and carrots (also diced ). Fry until golden brown.
Add the tomato paste and grated tomatoes (peeled).
Once tomatoes thicken, pour a little cup of broth.
Add diced bell pepper.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile dice the cabbage.
Potatoes are almost ready and you can now put the fried vegetables from your pan into the broth. When it boils, add the cabbage and a lot of greens (parsley, dill etc).
Let it boil for 5 minutes.
Crush a small piece of pork fat and 1 clove of garlic and add into the soup.
Turn off the heat immediately, cover and let it sit for 10 minutes.

Done)