Cold beetroot soup with leek

Cold beetroot soup with leek

A couple of months ago, I was in Poland with a very close friend of mine, "The Boss". I tasted a cold beetroot soup called Chlodnik (pronounced hwodnik). Here comes my recipe for the same.

Ingredients

2-3 tablespoons of oil (preferably olive)

1/3 cup of finely chopped beetroots.
1/3 a cup of finely chopped leek
1/2 cup of Yoghurt
Chopped red chillies for topping (optional)
Some chopped scallions
Salt as needed

Procedure

1. Heat the oil in a large pan. When the oil is hot, add the chopped beetroots and half of the chopped leek. Fry till the mixture becomes a little soft. 

2. Add 1/2 a cup of water to the mixture and boil it for 5-10 mins till the vegetables get cooked finely.
3. Let mixture cool down. Add the rest of the chopped leek and the chopped scallions.
4. Add half of the yoghurt to the mixture. Store it in a refrigerator for an hour or two. Don't freeze it.
5. Remove from the refrigerator. Add the rest of the yoghurt to the mixture.
6. Add salt as needed.
7. Before serving, add the chopped red chillies and some chopped scallions as toppings.
8. Serves 6 persons.

Options

1. You can use sour cream, soured milk or kefir instead of
2. You can add goat cheese or cream as a topping.
3. You can use spring onions or welsh onions instead of leek.
4. You can add a boiled egg (as pointed out by "The Boss") or a baked potato without the skin.
5. As pointed out by "The Boss", you can add slices of tender cucumber.