Bulgarian Vegetable Soup
An everyday Bulgarian vegetable soup — potato, carrot, celery, peppers and tomato simmered in a paprika-tinged broth and sharpened at the end with lemon juice instead of the usual egg-and-yoghurt liaison, which keeps it vegan.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, diced
- 100 g celeriac or celery stalks, diced
- 2 sweet peppers, diced
- 400 g potatoes, diced
- 300 g tomatoes, grated
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 1.5 l hot water or vegetable stock
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 bunch parsley, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1083 kcal · P 33.2g · C 140.3g · F 49.8g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat and fry the onion, carrots and celery for 7–8 minutes until the onion is soft.
- 2Add the peppers and cook for 3 minutes more, stirring.
- 3Take the pot off the heat, stir in the paprika for a few seconds, then add the tomatoes and return to the heat for 3 minutes.
- 4Pour in the hot water or stock, add the potatoes, salt and pepper, and bring to the boil.
- 5Lower the heat and simmer, half-covered, for 25 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are tender.
- 6Take off the heat, wait until the soup stops bubbling, then stir in the lemon juice a little at a time, tasting — the soup should taste bright but not sour. Lemon added off the boil keeps its fresh flavour.
- 7Stir in the parsley, cover and rest for 5 minutes before serving.
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Questions and answers
How long does Bulgarian Vegetable Soup take to make?
About 60 minutes: 20 min prep and 40 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Bulgarian Vegetable Soup?
13 ingredients: sunflower oil, onion, carrots, celeriac or celery stalks, sweet peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet paprika, hot water or vegetable stock, salt, black pepper, lemon and 1 more.
How many servings does this Bulgarian Vegetable Soup recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Bulgarian Vegetable Soup?
About 181 kcal, with 5.5 g protein, 23.4 g carbohydrate and 8.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Bulgarian Vegetable Soup recipe suit?
It is vegan and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Bulgarian Vegetable Soup?
Bulgarian Vegetable Soup comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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