Recipes · Russian · Soups and Broths

Tyurya (Rye Bread and Onion Cold Soup)

One serving has 315 kcal and 7 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (45%), manganese (41%), thiamin (34%), vitamin E (30%), riboflavin (26%) and folate (26%). Ready in 20 minutes.

Tyurya (Rye Bread and Onion Cold Soup)
Photo: Altenmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 20 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (391 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegan, Dairy-free
  • Contains: gluten

Ingredients

  • 80 g Bread, rye, a day or two old
  • 40 g Onions, raw
  • 10 g Spring onions
  • 0.5 g Salt
  • 250 g Water, boiled and cooled
  • 10 g Sunflower oil, unrefined

Method

  1. Cut the rye bread into small cubes, or tear it into pieces.
  2. Finely chop the onion and the spring onions.
  3. In a bowl, crush the onion with the salt using the back of a spoon until it softens and gives up its juice.
  4. Add the bread, pour over the cold water and the sunflower oil, and stir.
  5. Leave for 5-10 minutes for the bread to soak, then scatter over the spring onions and eat at once with a spoon.
  6. Tyurya was everyday peasant food in Russia, eaten in Lent and in the summer fields; unrefined sunflower oil gives it its flavour.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy315 kcal15%
Carbohydrates43.1 g
Water324 mL
Fiber5.6 g19%
Protein7.4 g15%
Tryptophan0.08 g
Threonine0.22 g
Isoleucine0.27 g
Leucine0.48 g
Lysine0.21 g
Methionine0.11 g
Cystine0.14 g
Phenylalanine0.34 g
Tyrosine0.18 g
Valine0.32 g
Histidine0.15 g
Fat12.7 g
Monounsaturated3 g
Polyunsaturated7.2 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-67.2 g
Saturated1.6 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Calcium82.4 mg8%
Copper0.2 mg22%
Iron2.5 mg14%
Magnesium40.5 mg13%
Manganese0.73 mg41%
Phosphorus115 mg16%
Potassium219 mg5%
Selenium25 µg45%
Sodium689 mg
Zinc1 mg13%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.37 mg34%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.29 mg26%
Niacin (vitamin B3)3.1 mg22%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.41 mg8%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.11 mg8%
Folate (vitamin B9)102 µg26%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0 µg0%
Choline14.7 mg3%
Vitamin A5 µg1%
Vitamin C5.2 mg7%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E4.4 mg30%
Vitamin K22.4 µg25%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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