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← All recipes · July 19, 2026

Svekolnik, a cold beet soup for hot days

Pink, sharp and cold. Kefir, beets, cucumber and lots of dill — the soup for July.

Serves
4
Time
20 min + chilling

Ingredients

  • 2 cooked beets, grated
  • 2 cucumbers, a bunch of radishes, diced
  • 4 eggs, hard boiled
  • 1 l kefir, 300 ml cold water, juice of ½ lemon
  • Dill, spring onions, salt

Method

  1. Mix kefir with cold water, lemon juice and salt.
  2. Stir in the beets and let the colour bleed for a few minutes.
  3. Add cucumbers, radishes and herbs. Chill at least an hour.
  4. Serve with half an egg in each bowl, and boiled new potatoes on the side.