Vegetable Ciorbă

Ingredients

• 1 onion, 2 carrots and 1 parsnip, diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 2 potatoes, diced
• 100 g (1 cup) green beans, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 litres (8 cups) water
• Juice of 2 lemons or 500 ml (2 cups) borș
• Lovage or parsley, salt

Method

1. Put all the vegetables except the tomatoes in the water and simmer for 25 minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes and cook 10 minutes more.
3. Sour the soup with lemon juice or borș and bring it just to a boil.
4. Season and add lovage. Serve with a hot pepper on the side.

Tip. Made without oil it fits strict days. The sourness is the point.