Borsh

Ingredients

 * 500 g beef ( or chicken)
 * 50 g butter
 * 1 small cabbage
 * 4 medium size potatoes
 * 1 small beet
 * onion
 * tomatoes
 * carrot
 * bell pepper
 * garlic
 * parsley

Directions

 * 1) Put Beef into the pan with water, add some bay leaves, oregano and boil until the meat is ready.  While waiting prepare all the vegetables: cut potato, cabbage, carrot, bell pepper, tomatoes, garlic.  Also chop the onion and grate the beet.
 * 2) Then fry the onion (use butter) on the frying pan with  tomatoes, carrots, bell pepper and beet.
 * 3) When the broth is ready boil potato in it.  After that  add the cabbage you chopped before and let it boil for 5 minutes. Then take all the vegetables you fried on the frying pan and put them into the bouillon.  Cook borsh for 2 more minutes.
 * 4) At the end  add chopped garlic and parsley.  salt and pepper to your liking. You can serve borsh with sour cream.