Borscht soup is a simple and delicious vegan soup recipe. Even though ingredients are simple it makes a delicious hearty soup perfect for cold winter days, or whenever you crave a hearty soup.
Borscht is a soup typical of Russia and Ukraine and it´s packed with vegetables. The main ingredient is red beets and it´s the beets that give this soup a beautiful red color.
The borscht recipe ingredients vary by country but several ingredients stay unchanged, and that is beets, cabbage, carrots, onions, and potatoes.
I make borscht without potatoes, but if you feel that potatoes are an important ingredient in borscht, feel free to add some.
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Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 medium-size carrots, peeled and shredded
- 3 cups (7,1 dl) shredded cabbage
- 6 medium-size red beets, peeled and cubed
- 6 cups (14,2 dl) water
- 3 vegetable stock cubes
- ½ cup (1,2 dl) beluga lentils, uncooked
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- salt and black pepper to taste
- plant-based yogurt
- parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chopped onion and cook until translucent.
- Add shredded carrot, cabbage, and cubed beets and cook for a few minutes.
- Add water, vegetable stock cubes, beluga lentils, bay leaf. Bring to boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and let simmer for 20-30 minutes, or until lentils and vegetables are soft.
- Stir in apple cider vinegar, taste and adjust salt and pepper.
- Serve with plant-based yogurt and parsley on top.
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