Editorial URA-Inform offers more detailed information about the recipes from 12 dishes for Svyatchescher.

- Kutya.

Traditional kutuyu prepared from wheat, although in the old days it was also made of barley and even rye. At modern housewives the popularity of the Christmas tree from the rice.

An important ingredient of kuti honey or syta is honey, diluted with water. Later in the dish also began to add poppy milk, prepared from grated poppy. The most relish add kutah nuts, raisins and dried fruits.

- The vinaigrette.

Traditionally, the vinaigrette is prepared from boiled potatoes, beets, carrots and beans. Also put raw onions and parsley. Add marinated or pickled cucumbers to the dish.

Vegetables are best cut into cubes, and season with vegetable oil.

The third main dish of Christmas is lean soup. You can cook it with mushrooms or with fish. Borsch can be replaced with cabbage (thick soup made from sour cabbage with mushrooms) or vegetable stew without meat.

- Potato dumplings.

Dough for vareniki is best prepared from wheat flour. It is rich in vitamins B and E and is better absorbed by the body than the premium flour. In addition, it contains pectin and fiber.

Filling for dumplings - potatoes, cooked in a uniform. You can add fried white mushrooms and onions to the potatoes.

By the way, vareniki can not only be made with potatoes. You can also stuff them with cabbage, cherries and even poppy seeds.

- Cabbage rolls.

Lenten cabbage rolls are prepared not with meat, but with mushrooms and millet. It is necessary to add braised carrots and onions. Further this dish is prepared as usual.

- Fish must be on the festive table on Christmas Eve, as this is one of the symbols of Jesus Christ. It can be like herring slices with onions in sunflower oil, and just fried river fish. Even sandwiches with fish are welcomed.

Uzvar.

It is a compote of dried fruits, before it was one of the most common traditional drinks. Prepare from dried fruits and berries: cherries, apples, pears, apricots and other.

- Mushrooms. Mushrooms can be as one of the dishes (marinated or fried), and be a filling for a dish.

- Bread. It is desirable to be round, since it symbolizes death and resurrection. Can be replaced with sweet round kalach.

- Pickled vegetables: cucumbers, tomatoes. Sauerkraut.

It is noteworthy that in some places 17 different dishes were prepared. However, it is customary to prepare twelve dishes for this holiday: first, according to the number of apostles who took part in the secret evening; second, by the number of months in the year. In addition, the lenten table on the Svyatchescher could also be explained by the fact that the ancient Slavs brought a bloodless sacrifice to the harvest god on this day, and no animal should suffer.