Delicious and healthy Ukrainian Meatless Borscht with Beans | Easy cooking

canned beans

🥗Healthier: dried beans

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Dried beans are often less expensive and can be healthier if cooked from scratch.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water with seasonings

Homemade stock can be healthier and more flavorful.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil offers similar health benefits with a different flavor.

lemon juice

🥗Healthier: lime juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lime juice provides a similar acidity with a unique flavor.

Bring 1 cup of soaked beans in 1.5 liters of water to a boil and simmer.

Sauté chopped onion in 3 tbsp of vegetable oil over medium-high heat until translucent.

Add julienned carrot and sauté for 2 minutes.

Add coarsely grated beetroot and 1 tbsp of vinegar; mix well.

Stir in 1 tbsp of tomato paste and mix.

If necessary, add the rest of the beets; mix well and cover, then turn off the stove.

Simmer beans for 15 minutes, then add julienned cabbage and diced potato.

Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until potatoes and beans become soft.

Add the sautéed vegetables to the pot and mix well.

Season with salt, sugar, bay leaf, and black peppercorns; mix well.

Add 3 minced garlic cloves, turn off the stove, and leave covered for 20 minutes.

Remove the bay leaf before serving.

Serve with greens and sour cream.

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