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Chlodnik (Cold Vegetable and Yogurt Soup)

Chlodnik is usually served in Poland during the harvest season.

Chlodnik (Cold Vegetable and Yogurt Soup)

  • 1 pound beets (can)
  • 1 cucumber (diced)
  • 1 pickle (diced)
  • 1/2 cup radish (diced)
  • 1 clove garlic (crushed with 1/2 teaspoon salt)
  • 1 quart yogurt
  • 1 cube bouillon (dissolved in beet liquid)
  • 2 egg (hard cooked, sliced)
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon onion (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoon dill (chopped)

shrimp or veal

  • 12 shrimp (cooked and deveined)
  • 1/2 pound veal (roasted and cubed)
  1. Drain canned beets and cut into fine strips; save beet liquid.
  2. Add beets, cucumber, pickle, radishes and garlic to yogurt in a 2-quart bowl.
  3. Stir the beet juice and bouillon into the yogurt mixture; add the shrimp or veal, hard-cooked eggs, sugar and onion.
  4. Serve cold with parsley and dill sprinkled on top
This soup is usually served in Poland during the harvest season.

Via: The Cookbook of the United Nations

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