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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Eastern European >> Russian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Clean beats and grate them on the largest size grater you have. | 2. Open beans do not drain. | 3. In a large pot combine beats, and beans. | 4. Add ~20 cups of water and bring to boil on high heat. | 5. Add peppercorns. | 6. Add bay leaf. | 7. Lower the heat to medium and cook for about 45 minutes. | 8. Meanwhile: | 9. Clean potatoes and dice them up in small peaces .5 x .5 inch. | 10. Clean the carrot, quarter it length-wise and thinly slice each strip. | 11. Add potatoes and carrot to the soup. Continue cooking on medium heat. | 12. Peel the onions and finely dice them. | 13. Sauté onions with about 2 tablespoons of oil until they turn nice golden color. | 14. Add onions to the soup. Continue cooking on medium heat. | 15. Very thinly slice cabbage and add it to the soup. Cook for another 30-35 minutes or until all the potatoes beats and cabbage are ready. Make sure that the cabbage is not mushy and overcooked. | 16. Turn off the heat. | 17. This step is entirely to the individual taste (you may add any of the ingredients as you see fit): | 18. Add lemon juice and Mrs. Dash. Stir well. | 19. Add sugar and Salt to taste. Instead of sugar I sometimes use Splenda about 3 little bags. The soup should have a hint of sweet and sour flavor. | 20. If the soup is too thick add more boiling water or stock. | 21. Optional: | 22. I like to add about ½ teaspoon of hot sauce or Tabasco and ½ of tablespoon of ground cumin. This adds a lot of flavor. | 23. The soup actually tastes even better when reheated the next day. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beet	3			-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1/3	cup		17.8933	5.612	0.2847	0.1952
onion	2			88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
potato	2			-	-	-	-
carrot	1			29.52	6.8976	0.6696	0.1728
kidney bean	1	can		80.0	11.3103	11.5862	1.3793
cabbage	1/3			7.4167	1.7207	0.3797	0.0297
black peppercorn	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
salt	1/2 - 1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1 -3	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
seasoning mix	1/2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tabasco sauce	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	1/2	tablespoon	ground	11.25	1.3272	0.5343	0.6681
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669
water	20	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.