Step 1

Wash the cabbage and the potatoes.
Cut the cabbage into thin stripes.
Peel the potatoes.
Add both to a cooking pot with 1.5l of water and bring it to boil. Boil it till the potatoes are soft for about 15 min. Take the potatoes out, let them cool down and cut them into slices.

Step 2

In the meantime while you bring the cabbage stripes and potatoes to boil:
Wash the beetroot, carrot, onion, garlic.
Cut the onion into small pieces.
Cut the garlic in half and crush it with the flat part of your knife.
Cut the beetroot into thin stripes.
Grate the carrots.

Step 3

Preheat your cooking pot, medium heat, add 2 tbsp of olive oil.
Saute the onion and garlic for about 2 min till they are glazed.
Add the beetroot stripes, grated carrots and and saute for another 8 min till the beetroot stripes are getting softer.
Add the canned tomatoes, chili and let it cook for 5 min.
Add the 1,5l of water you used for the cabbage together with the cabbage and add another 0,5l of water, the bay leaves, salt, pepper and bring it to boil.
Cook it under medium heat for about 30 min till the beetroot stripes are soft.

Step 4

Squeeze 1/2 of the fresh lemon and add it to the soup. Let it sit for 2 min. Add some more salt, pepper and lemon juice according to your taste.
Rinse the dill and cut it.
Serve the soup. Garnish it with dill, the sliced potatoes and add some olive oil on top.

When you buy canned tomatoes check the list of ingredients. Best taste you get with those which contain pure tomatoes only and are not filled up with tomato juice.

Enjoy!

* Nutrition details:

Glycemic load (GL): Indicates how much glucose your meal contains and how this will affect the insulin reaction in your body. You can use a total consumption value of 100g GL per day as orientation. Meaning, if you have 3 meals per day, try to stay below the 33g GL per meal to avoid overconsumption of natural sugar. For example one average banana peeled (100g) comes with a GL of 16. One small portion of white rice (40g uncooked) has a GL of 22.

Protein / 100 kcal: In order to have a filling meal and to ensure to achieve the recommended minimum protein intake of 0.8g protein / kg body weight per day a ration of more than 3g protein / 100 kcal is a good orientation for this indicator for each meal.

Vitamins and minerals: Percentages represent the percentage of recommended daily intake (based on FDA’s Daily Value). Mentioned vitamins and minerals have a particular high nutritional density in this dish. Means, if you would only eat this dish for one day, you would easily exceed the 100% of recommended daily intake for the mentioned mineral or vitamin. Please take into account that these values are just for orientation and might vary depending on your individual situation e.g. if you are a professional athlete, pregnant etc.

Costs: Approx. costs of organic ingredients in Germany