Vegetarian cabbage soup with sorrel or green borscht
Ovo-vegetarianism
We will need:
- 5 eggs
- Large bunch: parsley, dill, green onion, cilantro and sorrel
- 1 onion
- 1 medium carrot
Let's start cooking:
- The first step is to peel and chop the onion and carrots
- Fry until the onions and carrots are nicely browned
- Next, you need to place a container of water on the stove and bring it to a boil.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them. Throw into boiling water. We send fried vegetables there too.
- Chop all the greens and pour into the same saucepan. Cut the pre-boiled eggs into 6 pieces and put them in the soup.
The soup is ready when the potatoes break easily. Sour cream is served at the table with cabbage soup.
For the whole family
If not everyone in your family likes vegetarian cabbage soup, then the dish can be slightly modified. Remember that first courses in good restaurants are a kind of aperitif, and therefore they do not necessarily have to be rich and thick. Make a light soup with aromatic broth and pleasant taste. For a large company you will need more cabbage and other vegetables. There is no need to cook meat or poultry for broth. The taste will be provided by fresh vegetables, the aroma of which will combine into one. Don't forget that the soup should be bright to delight your family. Add spices to taste. Remember to add the bay leaf. You can make small concessions and add a bouillon cube to the broth. This way you will add a little more calories to the soup, but the taste will be richer.
Shchi with sauerkraut
Another cabbage soup, the simplest to prepare.
You will need for cooking:
- 200 grams of fermented or salted cabbage
- 1 onion
- 3 potatoes
- fresh champignons or from a 200g jar
- Various greens
Let's get started:
- Place 3 liters of water on the stove to boil.
- Chop the onion and grate the carrot. Fry thoroughly.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them.
- Shred the salted cabbage.
- Cutting mushrooms
- When the water begins to boil, add potatoes, fried vegetables, mushrooms and cabbage. Boil for 15 minutes.
- Chop all the greens finely and throw them into the cabbage soup. Remove from heat. All is ready.
I would like to add that for bean lovers, you can add ready-made, canned beans to this soup .
White or red – it doesn’t matter. This way the dish will be more interesting, taste brighter and more satisfying.
What is cabbage soup, what is its peculiarity?
You know, this soup can rightfully be considered one of the founders of the soup dynasty in Russia. To find out where the name came from, I turned to the Old Russian dictionary. Translated from the ancient language, “cabbage soup”, or more precisely “s’ti”, means “food”. Other sources contain information that our ancestors called soup a stew or even a healthy drink.
In the traditional version, the soup is prepared with meat broth. However, back in the 9th century in Rus', vegetarians came up with the idea of making their own dish that would not contain any traces of the meat industry. An interesting fact is that, according to some sources, the dish without meat was even more popular, since in peasant circles there was an opinion that meat products were pathogenic. It's a pity that this time has passed.
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What is so attractive about soup? First of all, it is easy to prepare. According to statistics, the average cooking time for cabbage soup is no more than 20 minutes. Also, a clear advantage is the variability of the dish. In addition to five different recipes (at least), each of these dishes can also be prepared in different ways. Each ingredient is completely interchangeable. Convenient, wouldn't you agree?
In fact, you can prepare delicious dietary cabbage soup from available ingredients. You will learn how to do this correctly below.
Recipe for okroshka with kefir
For lacto-vegetarians.
To prepare you will need:
- 2 boiled potatoes
- 1 boiled carrot
- Dill, parsley
- Canned peas
- 200 grams of sour cream
- 1 pack of kefir
- radish
Let's get started:
- Cooking potatoes and carrots
- Cut potatoes, radishes and carrots into small cubes.
- Pour all the kefir into a large container, along with all the sour cream. Mix well.
- Chop all the greens and place them together with vegetables and peas in the sour cream mixture. Mix and place in the refrigerator.
This okroshka is perfect for lunch in hot weather and also leaves you feeling light.
Refreshing okroshka with kvass
For ovo-vegetarians.
This dish can also be different; okroshka with kvass is one of the most popular.
We will need:
- 4 boiled eggs
- Radishes 7-10, if small;
- 2 fresh cucumbers
- 200 grams of sour cream
- 1 liter of kvass
- Parsley, dill and green onions.
Let's get started:
- Mix kvass and sour cream thoroughly.
- Cut cucumbers, eggs and radishes into pieces.
- We chop all the green stuff.
- Mix everything, everything, everything in a container with kvass. Cool. Let's enjoy it.
Famous soup “Kharcho”
Yes Yes. This dish has a meat-free option!
Products for cooking:
- 100 grams of walnuts
- 100 grams of rice
- 2 onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 1 spoon coriander seeds
- Green cilantro and parsley
- peppercorns
- horseradish root
Let's start cooking:
- Chop or grind nuts, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic and pepper. Place everything together in a pan with hot oil. Fry for 7-8 minutes.
- The tomatoes must be beaten to a mushy consistency. Pour into nut mixture.
- At this time, put 3 liters of water on the fire. Add rice and boil with salt and bay leaf. You can add peppercorns, 1 piece of garlic, a small whole onion, horseradish root and a 3 cm piece of carrot.
- When the rice is almost ready, pour the entire mixture into the pan.
- Leave on the stove for 5 minutes.
- Chop the greens or beat them in a blender and add them to the soup. Ready.
Effect on the body - we lose weight or get crippled
The concept of “lenten cabbage soup” is very common on the Internet. It is interesting that this soup does not contain meat components. Often, fasting is associated with healing and cleansing the body, which is not entirely clear to me. The question arises: “Then why pollute at all?”
Indeed, the vegetarian version of this soup has a cleansing and, to some extent, healing effect. In the previous article “Vegetable diet for weight loss or -10 kg in 14 days,” I said that vegetables are not absorbed by our body and serve exclusively as a cleansing tool.
However, here's a fun fact, friends. When cooked, vegetables release large amounts of glucose. And what does this mean, you might think. The fact is that thanks to glucose, the cleansing properties of the plant are reduced, since the concentration of coarse fiber decreases, while the nutritional value increases.
I want to confirm my words with the statement of the famous supporter of plant foods Artem Demchukov:
“When boiled, steamed or any other heat treatment, a fruit or vegetable releases a substance called glucose. Thus, the nutritional value of the fruit increases.”
Please do not confuse the concepts of “nutrition” and digestibility.” It is worth understanding that in their raw form, whatever one may say, products are healthier.
To be brief, I would highlight the following advantages of vegetarian cabbage soup for the human body:
- Cleansing effect;
- relatively low calorie content.
Despite the fact that the properties of coarse fiber are significantly reduced during heat treatment, the cleansing effect of vegetables does not disappear.
Well, now about the shortcomings. What is objectivity without negative sides, right?
Paradoxically, I found almost no negative aspects. The only negative is that there are no fresh products in the composition. Otherwise, this delicacy is quite harmless to our body.
Cheese thick soup
Ingredients for soup:
- 300 grams of processed cheese
- 1 pack of milk
- 2-3 potato tubers
- Fresh dill and parsley
Let's start cooking:
- First, boil the tubers.
- Place the milk on the stove and bring to a boil.
- Add all the cheese a little at a time into the milk. You can freeze it. and then grate it.
- Place the finished potatoes into a blender bowl. All the greenery is there. Whisk.
- Pour milk and cheese into the bowl a little at a time. Bring until smooth. All!
This soup will be very pleasant in combination with breadcrumbs.
Vegetarian soups - recipes for diet 5
Anyone who has ever been on a diet knows: soups are a real salvation.
Minimum calories for a fairly large amount of food. Of course, this does not mean rich soups, with fatty meat or fish broth, and even accompanied with a good slice of white bread. Dietary soups have a beneficial effect on the digestive system, cleanse the body, normalize metabolic processes, and are excellent sources of vitamins and microelements. Diet menu 5 has sufficient caloric content; this diet is prescribed for:
- cholecystitis;
- hepatitis;
- liver cirrhosis;
- intestinal disorders;
- colitis with a tendency to frequent constipation.
It is advisable to use vegetarian soups for disorders of the digestive tract, stomach ulcers, gastritis, pancreatitis, as well as when preparing a diet for fasting days, for losing weight and improving the health of the whole body.
Soup with cheese and mushrooms
There are a lot of options for cheese soups. Here's another one of them:
Products:
- 500 grams of champignons
- butter 3 teaspoons
- Bulb
- 500 grams of cream cheese
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots
- 100 grams of hard cheese
- Dill
Let's get started:
- The first step is to fry the onions and carrots, after chopping them.
- Fry mushrooms in butter
- Bring one and a half liters of water to a boil. Add fried mushrooms with vegetables and melted cheese to the bubbling liquid.
- Send the chopped dill there too. To serve, sprinkle with grated hard cheese.
Rich and flavorful soup is ready!
The five most commonly used ingredients in potato-free soup recipes are:
Few people can imagine life without potatoes today, right? But our most distant ancestors somehow managed to live without it and cook wonderful dishes. Almost all Russian soups, cabbage soup and stews were cooked without using this vegetable.
The main ingredients in those days were cabbage and turnips. Adherents of dietary nutrition prefer to do without potatoes not only in the first, but also in the second courses. Due to the high starch content and high glycemic index.
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Soup with funchose (rice noodles)
Products:
- 100 grams rice noodles
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- broccoli
- 1 ripe tomato
- 5 cloves garlic
- Soy sauce
The recipe is quite simple:
- Chop all the vegetables. Grate the carrots. Everything needs to be fried. Pour a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce into the mixture.
- You can fry it in a saucepan. When everything is sufficiently fried, pour in 600-800 ml of water.
- We put funchose there. Boil for no more than 4-5 minutes.
If desired, rice can be replaced with regular noodles or pasta.
Types of recipes
Let's move on to the most interesting part. How to cook cabbage soup so that it is not just vegetarian, but also dietary?
For our selection, I borrowed recipes from colleagues on general topics. To my surprise, most of the options I found could be called dietary and low-calorie.
The following soups are also suitable for vegans, since they contain no animal products. Choose any one you like and start cooking with me. Go!
From fresh cabbage
The most common and easiest to prepare recipe.
Even a child or a person who has never picked up a ladle can handle it. It is enough to be able to turn on the stove.
For cooking we need:
- 250 grams of fresh cabbage;
- 1 carrot;
- onion, 1 piece;
- parsley, 1 root;
- medium bunch of greenery;
- 1 liter of water;
- salt, pepper, garlic (to taste).
Well, now let's create!
- Properly wash and peel all the vegetables.
- Pour over the tomatoes with hot water and remove the skins.
- We cut all the products one by one.
- Fill the pan with water.
- When it boils, immerse all components in lightly salted water.
- Cook for 30 minutes.
- Finally, you can add spices.
Contains no potatoes. This soup can be called the most dietary. According to my calculations, the approximate calorie content per 100 grams will be 65 kilocalories. That's even less than one banana!
Using sauerkraut
I can recommend this option to gourmets. The dish turns out with pronounced sourness, which gives it a rich taste. In addition to cabbage soup, there is another dish with sourness - rassolnik. You can learn about recipes for making vegetarian pickle soup in this article.
Interesting fact :
Sour cabbage soup is especially popular in Central Asia.
Required ingredients:
- 500 grams of sauerkraut;
- carrots, 2 pieces;
- onion, 1 piece;
- 100 grams of celery;
- medium tomato;
- 90 ml vegetable oil (any);
- 1 tablespoon flour;
- 1.5 liters of water;
- seasonings to taste.
Cooking:
- Wash and clean the vegetables.
- Separate the cabbage from the liquid and chop. Place the celery and tomato in a saucepan and start cooking over low heat.
- At this time, chop the onions and carrots. Next we put them in a frying pan and fry in oil.
- After 15 minutes, remove the frying and lower everything into the broth.
- At the same time, heat the flour in a frying pan, adding a little broth from the pan. Season with herbs and after 5-10 minutes mix with soup.
- Cook for another 3-4 minutes.
Not the most useful option. Frying releases many unwanted carcinogens. I'm not sure if this recipe is suitable for weight loss. If you think differently, share your opinion in the comments below the article.
From sorrel using a slow cooker
One of the easiest recipes to prepare. We will create our dish in a slow cooker.
We will need:
- sorrel, 300 gr;
- potatoes, 3 pcs;
- greens, onion;
- 750 ml water;
- seasonings according to your mood.
Everything is prepared simply. Clean and wash all ingredients. Then we immerse the components in the bottom of the bowl and fill it with water. You should turn on the “Soup” mode. Duration: 40-50 minutes. 5-10 minutes before the end, chop the greens and season the soup. Alternatively, you can prepare a dish from nettles.
Potatoes are a very starchy product. It is better to use it to a minimum.
There are also often recipes with beans and mushrooms on the Internet. They are notable for the fact that they satisfy hunger for quite a long time. However, due to this you have to sacrifice digestibility.
Coconut soup
Surely, this soup will seem unusual to many. If anyone has heard of it, only a few have tried it.
For cooking you will need:
- 1 onion
- 1 spoon crushed ginger root
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 200 grams of pumpkin
- 100 grams of lentils
- 150 ml coconut milk
- 1 spoon of tomato paste
- 1 spoon curry seasoning
- Green cilantro
- Pinch of nutmeg
Cooking:
- Simmer the chopped onion, grated ginger and garlic in a frying pan.
- Cut the pumpkin. Mix it with cilantro and lentils. Pour in water mixed with coconut milk.
- There's also tomato paste.
- Put all the seasonings, nutmeg and the contents of the pan there.
- Boil for 3 minutes. Ready.
The dish turns out very flavorful!
Serving
Determine the degree of readiness of the dish by looking at the cabbage. If it doesn’t crunch on your teeth, then it’s ready. Some people just like hard vegetables, since this is not an acquired taste. In total, it takes 15-20 minutes to prepare this tasty, aromatic and very summery soup. Now is the time to start serving the dish in an original way. Pour vegetarian cabbage soup made from fresh cabbage into plates. A recipe with photos will brighten up your personal home cookbook, but don't stick to the same list of ingredients. For flavor, when serving, you can garnish the soup with fried pumpkin petals, chopped nuts or garlic croutons. It's tasty and not harmful to your figure. If your family is used to eating cabbage soup with sour cream or mayonnaise, then use low-fat mayonnaise sauce or homemade mayonnaise based on natural yogurt, lemon juice and mustard. Advice from experienced chefs: the cabbage soup should steep before serving. On average, infusion time can reach up to three hours.
Products:
- White cabbage - 200 or 300 gr.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Tomato paste - 2 tbsp.
- Butter - for frying vegetables
- Sour cream - 1 tbsp. in one plate
Vegetarian soups are prepared not only for adults who have consciously refused to consume meat, but also for children, as a lighter soup without meat. Such soups and cabbage soup are especially relevant for children who do not eat meat well or for overweight children. They are usually prepared with water or vegetable broth, and the finished soup (cabbage soup) is softened with sour cream or butter.
Dal simplified
The ingredients include mung bean. It needs to be soaked before cooking, possibly overnight.
To prepare you will need:
- 100 grams mung bean
- Tomatoes 2 pcs
- Spoon grated ginger
- Jeera and mustard seeds
- Asafoetida
- Curry
- Cilantro
- Turmeric
- Coriander
Cooking:
- The beans need to be soaked overnight. They will swell a little. Cook until they turn into porridge.
- Chop the cilantro and mix with ginger.
- Cutting tomatoes into cubes
- Next you need to fry all the seeds. When they begin to crackle a little, add ginger with cilantro, turmeric, curry, and asafoetida. Simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Add the contents of the frying pan to the beans, along with the tomatoes, and hold for a minute. The dal is ready to serve. You can sprinkle with lemon juice.
Separately, I would like to say about salt and pepper : of course, they can be added to all the dishes described above. But excessive consumption of sodium chloride (the same salt) does not have the best effect on the body. Therefore, it is better to minimize its use. Ayurveda is against salt and sugar, prescribing the consumption of natural flavors such as fruits, vegetables, berries, herbs, seeds and spices.
You might also be interested in:
- potato vegetarian soups;
- chickpea soups.
Regardless of the recipe, the main thing is that everything is prepared with love and soul! Enjoy your meal!
Nuances of choosing products
Vegetarian cabbage soup is prepared only from high-quality products. When selecting and using components, use the following guidelines:
Cabbage. The vegetable should have its own pleasant taste, because it is the main component in the soup
Slicing is also important. Some people prefer shredding into thin and long strips, while others cut the cabbage into cubes
Choose an option to suit your taste, and then the dish will give you maximum pleasure. Tomato paste. Ketchup will not work in this case. What you need is tomato paste. You can even make your own puree from fresh vegetables, it will be even tastier. Vinegar. In this case, wine or apple will do. The usual 6% or 9% is not worth taking, as it has an unpleasant chemical taste. Seasonings. You can add any spices to the dish. Khmeli-suneli is ideal for cabbage soup. Original taste guaranteed.
There may be countless reasons why you chose a vegetarian menu, but it’s unlikely that you made the decision to give up tasty food in favor of tasteless food. Therefore, recipes and tips on how to quickly and tasty prepare vegetarian cabbage soup will be useful to you. Remember the main thing - every housewife makes cabbage soup in her own way, and there is simply no strict recipe for preparing it. Your imagination and sincere desire to make an unusual soup will help you achieve the best results. Go for it!