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From: AbsoluteVacuum <32832158+AbsoluteVacuum@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 15:55:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added vegan borscht variation

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+# Lean borscht (vegan)
+
+
+## Ingredients
+
+- **2 liters** of **water**
+- **3-4 potatoes**
+- **2 beets**, raw
+- **1 onion**
+- **200 g of sauerkraut** (with brine)
+- **½ carrot**
+- **½ bell pepper**
+- **1-2 tbsp. honey**
+- **2 tbsp. tomato paste (or purée)**
+- **salt and pepper** to taste
+
+## Instructions
+
+1. **Boil the vegetables:**
+   - Clean and cut the beets in half. Add to a pot with water and boil for 40 minutes until ready. After that, add half of the onion and continue boiling.
+   - Cut 3-4 potatoes into cubes and half a carrot into strips. Add them to the pot with beets.
+
+2. **Sauté the vegetables:**
+   - Dice half of the bell pepper and the other half of the onion. Fry for 3-5 minutes with a small amount of vegetable oil.
+   - Add 2 tbsp. of tomato paste and stew for another 2-3 minutes.
+
+3. **Combine the vegetables:**
+   - Fish out the boiled beets, let them cool, cut them arbitrarily and send back into the broth.
+   - Add the sauteed vegetables to the broth.
+  
+4. **Refine the taste:**
+   - When all the vegetables are cooked, add sauerkraut with 200 g of brine into the broth. Let boil for 2-3 minutes and add salt, pepper and 1-2 tbsp. of honey.
+
+5. **Finish up:**
+   - Turn off the heat and leave the finished borscht to infuse for 15-20 minutes.
+   - Alternatively, place it in the oven at 180 degrees for the same time.
+   - Optionally, put it in the fridge to serve it the next day. Grandma says it's richer that way! 

From be255a1ffd5876b17a116457ce83cbaf0dc39f15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AbsoluteVacuum <32832158+AbsoluteVacuum@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 16:03:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added serving suggestion

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    - Turn off the heat and leave the finished borscht to infuse for 15-20 minutes.
    - Alternatively, place it in the oven at 180 degrees for the same time.
    - Optionally, put it in the fridge to serve it the next day. Grandma says it's richer that way! 
+
+**Serving suggestion:**
+   - Grill some bread to form crust, take a cleaned clove of garlic, and scratch the crust with the garlic. You can either rub just the edges for some fine aroma, or use all the top surface as a grating for rich garlic taste.