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Commonly served vegan
Dishes that are traditionally served vegan
Salad made from beets, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, pickled cucumbers, peas, parsley in vinegar dressing
Vinegret salad
Sautéed potatoes with onion. Make sure: No butter is used
Kartoshka s Lukom
A dish made from buckwheat, mushrooms and onions. Make sure: no butter or meat based broth is used
Kasha z Hrybamy
Traditional compote drink made with dried fruit such as apples, pears, plums and raisins and or fresh berries
Uzvar
Wheat berry porridge with dried fruit and honey. Make sure: no honey or milk are used
Kutia
Dishes that can be Veganized
Dishes that are not vegan by default, but can be made so, by asking to remove or change part of the ingredients.
Beetroot soup, with potatoes, carrots, cabbage and sour cream. To veganize: check no meat, meat broth or sour cream are used
Borcht
Rice made with vegetables and meat. To veganize: Ask if it can be made without butter or meat
Plov
Sweet buckwheat porridge made with milk, butter and sugar. To veganize: ask to have it made with water and no butter
Kasha Hrechana
Stuffed cabbage with potatoes, buckwheat and cream or butter. To veganize: ask for no cream butter to be used
Holubtsi
Dishes that are not vegan, but appear to be
Dishes that might look vegan, but contain animal products.
Potato pancakes, will contain egg
Deruny
Mashed potato, will contain milk and or butter
Kartoplyane Pyure
A soup made of sauerkraut, onions, lard and/or pork
Kapusniak
Sweet or savory dumplings, will contain egg in dough and filled with meat or cheese
