Refreshing Cucumber Mint Soup

Light, refreshing, affordable, quick and easy. Cucumber soup is a bit like okroshka made with kefir. It is moderately spicy due to green onions, with refreshing mint notes and a pleasant lemon sourness. Sour cream smoothes out all these bright flavors, combining them into a harmonious composition.
cook time: 10 min
Maya Lindell
Refreshing Cucumber Mint Soup

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

77
Calories
7g
Fat
2g
Carbs
1g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Olive oil 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ground hot pepper to taste
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Water 120 ml
Sour cream 100 g
Green onions 20 g
cucumbers 140 g
Mint 10 g
Herbal mixture (Oregano and green basil. Fresh is better.) to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make cucumber soup? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Pour water at room temperature into the blender bowl and add sour cream.

Step 2

Step 2
Rinse the green onion feathers under running water and shake off the water. Cut the greens into large pieces so that they grind faster and better in the blender. I added eight long onions to two servings of soup. The amount of onion can be varied depending on your preference for the spiciness of the future soup.

Step 3

Step 3
Rinse fresh mint. You will only need leaves, without hard stems. Add mint to blender bowl. Add lemon juice there too.

Step 4

Step 4
Beat all ingredients with a blender for three minutes, working in pulse mode at medium speed.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash the cucumbers and cut into slices. Place them in a blender bowl. The peel of cucumbers can be cut off, but this is optional. Place oregano and green basil in a blender bowl (I used dried herbs, but fresh would be ideal). Add some salt. Whisk the soup again for a couple of minutes until smooth. Before serving, garnish the soup with thin slices of cucumber, season with olive oil and pepper to taste. Bon appetit!

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