White Okroshka

Ingredients:

2 medium potatoes
1 l kefir (buttermilk)
5 hardboiled eggs
1 bunch green onions
0.5 lb ham
5 medium Persian cucumbers (or 2 English cucumbers)
1 bunch radish
1 tbsp salt

Method:

Wash and peel potatoes.
Cut them into small cubes, put in an enameled saucepan, pour 2 cups boiled water, and bring to boil.
Boil for about 5 minutes, then set heating off.
Cut green onions (green and white parts separately), and put white part pieces into blender, add salt and yolks, and blend. Add potatoes and potato broth into blender, and blend together.
Cut radish into half-rings.
Peel cucumbers, and cut into small cubes.
Cut ham into small cubes.
Grate egg whites.
Put the prepared vegetables, ham, and grated whites into the saucepan with potato broth, and pour kefir (or buttermilk) in.
Put onions-yolks-potato mix from the blender into the saucepan.
Mix all together well, cover the saucepan with a lid, and place in a refrigerator.
Serve the soup cold.

Note:

This is one of a huge number of Russian, cold, summer soups, very popular in hot weather.
The name “Okroshka” is from the Russian word “very small pieces”, because all the ingredients have to be cut into small pieces.