Replace Potatoes with This Ingredient and Your Borscht Will Be Tastier and Healthier: A Culinary Trick

08.12.2023 06:20

Most housewives are sure that borscht must contain potatoes.

This vegetable ingredient is considered essential for soup.

However, cooks who are not afraid to experiment have found an interesting alternative component.

It turns out that if you replace the potatoes with another vegetable, the soup will be much more appetizing and healthy.

What to replace potatoes with

The dish will be improved if you add cauliflower instead of nightshade.

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This vegetable has two important advantages over potatoes.

Firstly, cauliflower gives the soup a light nutty flavour that pairs beautifully with the beets and meat.

Secondly, the alternative ingredient is low in calories and low in carbohydrates, so it makes borscht a dietary dish.

The ideal option is to add steamed cabbage to the soup.

But if you are more interested in the taste of the dish than in the benefits, then the vegetable should be fried in butter. If you process the ingredient this way, the borscht will not be as healthy, but it will become more filling and have an even brighter taste.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief