Okroshka is a Russian cold soup and is made of a mix of mostly raw vegetables, boiled potatoes, eggs, and a cooked meat such as beef, veal, sausages, or ham with kvass, which is a non-alcoholic beverage made from fermented black or rye bread. The name means "to crumble into small pieces".
Join FLTA Sabina Iusupova as she shares the history of this dish.
Image: "Cold vegetable soup okroshka with fresh herbs" by Marco Verch is licensed under CC BY 4.0
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