Aveluk puree soup (horse sorrel)

An unusually light dish for a slim waist! Finally, I will say that many of my compatriots may be shocked by the method of whipping aveluk in a blender, considering it blasphemy to change the recipe of the old grandfather's cooking method. But, most likely, this is not my problem. I like the taste of aveluk itself in the form of mashed soup, and not how the grass gets under the teeth. By the way, in the same way I cook Russian green cabbage soup in the spring (but without lentils). Aveluk or horse sorrel is a perennial plant of the buckwheat family. Horse sorrel contains tannins that help eliminate toxins from the body, essential oil, oxalic acid salts, organic iron compounds, vitamin K, which belongs to the group of fat-soluble elements, promotes protein synthesis, plays a significant role in the metabolism of bones and connective tissues, as well as healthy kidney function. On the territory of the post-Soviet space, horse sorrel is found in large quantities throughout Ukraine, more often in Polesie, Forest-steppe and northern Steppe regions. The Ukrainian name is sorrel kinsky, popularly called sorrel, sorrel. In Ukraine, in most cases, rhizomes with roots in the form of medicinal raw materials are used. On the territory of the post-Soviet space, horse sorrel is found in large quantities throughout Ukraine, more often in Polesie, Forest-steppe and northern Steppe regions. The Ukrainian name is sorrel kinsky, popularly called sorrel, sorrel. In Ukraine, in most cases, rhizomes with roots in the form of medicinal raw materials are used. As well as in Ukraine, horse sorrel grows everywhere in Armenia: on roadsides, edges, forest clearings, meadows. But the most juicy, delicious leaves of horse sorrel – aveluk grow in the alpine meadows of the mountainous regions of Armenia, and its leaves are mainly used for food. Aveluk is harvested from the end of May to the beginning of July. The collected aveluk at a later time becomes hard, bitter. For the greatest convenience in further use, the long leaves of aveluk are plaited into a pigtail with a length of 1 -1.5 m, dried in a suspended form in a well-ventilated place and used throughout the autumn-winter period. Well, now that we have learned something about the benefits of aveluk, we are obliged, if not to love, then at least to respect him in the form of soup.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 22 % 2 g
Fats 22 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 56 % 5 g
48 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Ingredients

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Cut aveluk with scissors

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Flip on a sieve

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put in a saucepan, pour cold water, slightly sink the aveluk with your hands, washing it thus from dust

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Drain the first water. Pour a second warm water. After thirty minutes, drain the second water (so a little bitterness will go away). Pour water for the third time, add two cloves of garlic

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Boil the aveluk for 30 minutes after boiling over low heat

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    At the end of cooking, add half a portion of salt

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Cool slightly

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Transfer to a blender, whipping the mass to a puree state

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Finely chop garlic and onion

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Put it in a saucepan, add vegetable oil, a little liquid in which the aveluk was cooked, and put it out (you can just fry it, I prefer stewing)

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Add flour, lightly fry

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Then pre-washed lentils

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Boil until half cooked

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15.

    After add finely chopped potatoes

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16.

    Cook over low heat until the lentils and potatoes are ready

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17.

    Add salt. At the end, add finely chopped cilantro

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18.

    Let it brew

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19.

    Serve by adding cilantro

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Dried, uncooked lentils - 340   kcal/100g
  • Dried boiled lentils - 106   kcal/100g
  • Lentils - 340   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Coriander greens - 25   kcal/100g
  • Table salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Aveluk - 19   kcal/100g

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