It is an original vegetable dish, which can be consumed during fasting if the sour cream is excluded. The potato rolls or kruchenyky might be filled with braised cabbage or other vegetables.
The mezhivo is an authentic Ukrainian dish. Besides the vegetable one, there is the fruit mezhivo. One of the most common recipes involves eggplant, which is served cool to the table.
The cold soups are very popular during summer season. Two most famous Ukrainian cold soups are okrosha and beetroot soup (commonly known as kholodnik or svekolnik). There are both lean and meat beetroot soups.
