Instructions: (Or vegeta if you can find it in an international foods store)

Put the meat into a pan pot with the water and bring to a boil. Reduce to low and cook covered for 1 1/2 hours (1 hour with pork and 30 to 40 min.

if using chicken) While the meat is cooking, the rest of the recipie can be prepared Cut up the onion and carrot and put in the skillet with olive oil, periodically stirring. Fry for baout 5-10 minutes on medium heat.

Cut up the bell peper into strips as well as the beat and add to the skillet. Fry for another 10 minutes, occasionally stirring. Chop up tomato and fry for another 10 minutes, covered. When the meat is cooked, take it out of the pot and leave off to the side. In the water that the meat was cooked in, add cubed potatoes and cook until tender. Cut up the meat into desired sized pieces and put back into the pot (I do this at the beginning before its cooked, usually) When the potato is cooked, put in shreaded cabbage and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the cooked beans, add the cooked vegetables from the skillet, and cook for another 3-5 minutes.

Turn off the heat, add dill, parsley, garlic, bay leaves and salt (or Vegeta). Cover tightly and let it stand for about 1/2 hour, then serve with sour cream

friends who have been here about 10 years now. They make it whenever they have company and it is SOOO good. It takes almost half a day to make, but its REALLY good and worth the work...especially after it has set for about a day - the leftovers are always better than when its first made ). As with most slavic soups, you have to add sour cream to your own bowl or its just not any good:).

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