Better than Ukrainian food can be only Ukrainian ladies

So you are finally planning to come to Ukraine and you wondering what to expect from Ukrainian culture, from your Ukrainian girlfriend…No need to wonder about it… We will give you an idea of Ukrainian culture by telling you about the most popular Ukrainian dishes that your girlfriend can cook for you ( Yes, every girl in Ukraine can cook!!) or that you can taste in any local restaurant and you simply HAVE to try them while in Ukraine!!

The best example of Ukrainian cuisine is “borsch”. Borsch is a beet-based soup that can contain as many as 20 different ingredients and depending on the region and season you can enjoy red or green borsch – red one being the most popular one.

INGREDIENTS

400g beef
2 average red beets
200g cabbage
4 little potatoes
1 carrot

2 onions
2 tomatoes
salt and pepper, to taste
parsley
dill
spring onions

1. Put beef into a large saucepan and cover with 3 liters of cold water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Remove the grease froth from the broth surface with a spoon. Add one onion. Cook at low heat for 1-2 hours.

2. Melt 1 Tbls. margarine in a saucepan. Cut red beets into thin sticks and add them into the cooking pot. Add tomato paste or sliced tomatoes. Simmer at low heat for 1 hour. If there is not enough liquid, add some broth.

3. Melt 1 Tbls. margarine in a frying pan. Add chopped onions and carrots that are cut into thin sticks. Cover and sauté for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Heat broth to boiling. Add chopped cabbage and potatoes that are cut into bars. Cook for 5 minutes. Add sauté and cook another 10 minutes. Add simmered red beets. Cook another 5 minutes. Add salt and black pepper.

5. Enjoy it with someone you love! And remember that borsch is usually served with sour cream.

Potatoes are used in Ukraine as often as rice is in Japan. Popular dishes on the Ukrainian table are mashed potatoes and “deruny”. “Deruny” are potato pancakes that are easy to cook, very nourishing and tasty. You can eat them either hot or cold. And because they are so easy to make you can surprise your Ukrainian girlfriend buy cooking them for her!! Potato puree is another dish that is easy to make and that is served as a favorite background for various delicacies and meat dishes.

INGREDIENTS

3 Large potatoes
1 or 2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tblsp. grated onion
2 tblsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
few grains of pepper
1/2 tsp. baking powder

1) Peel, wash and grate potatoes on a fine grater and pour off some of the potato water. Add all of the ingredients and mix them thoroughly. Drop the mixture with a spoon in small rounds about the size of small pancakes onto a hot, well greased frying pan. Bake over a moderate heat about five minutes on each side, or until they are well browned and tender. Serve very hot with sour cream in bed for breakfast after a hot night with your girlfriend.

Resource  RUSSIAN BRIDES