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Khaladnik

Name: Khaladnik
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Belarus
Ingredients: 2 Beets; 300g Plain yogurt; 1 Cucumber; 2 Hard-boiled eggs; 3 Green Onion; A pinch Dill; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 tsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; 600ml Water; 4 Potato

Soup

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beet broth with cucumber and boiled egg, served chilled — Belarus's pink summer soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Khaladnik means 'something cold,' a Belarusian summer soup: boiled beets and their cooking liquid are combined with kefir or sour cream, cucumber, boiled egg, green onion, and dill and chilled. It's a vivid pink, eaten on hot days with boiled potatoes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In the garden of a Belarusian summer dacha, bowls of chilled pink soup are set on a wooden table with steaming boiled potatoes.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beets 2
Plain yogurt 300g
Cucumber 1
Hard-boiled eggs 2
Green Onion 3
Dill A pinch
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 600ml
Potato 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the beets, cut into thin strips, simmer with water and lemon juice for 15 minutes, and cool.
Cut the cucumber into thin strips and chop the green onion and dill.
Mix yogurt into the cooled beet broth and season with salt and sugar.
Add the beets, cucumber, and herbs and chill in the fridge.
Ladle into bowls, top with boiled egg, and serve with boiled potatoes.

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