Russian lenten pokhlebka/ soup

Ingredients

• Pearl Barely: 1/3 cup
• Potato: ¾ cup (chopped into cubes)
• Cabbage: 1 ½ cup (finely chopped)
• Carrot: 1 cup (grated)
• Onion: 1 cup (finely chopped)
• Parsley: ½ teaspoon
• Salt: 1 teaspoon or to taste
• Black Pepper: ½ teaspoon
• Marjoram: ½ teaspoon
• Oil : 2 tablespoon
• Water: 5 cup
• Lime juice: ½ teaspoon

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Preparation

• In a medium sauce pot cook the washed pearl barely with 2 cup water and ½ teaspoon of salt until it cooked about 20 minutes. Drain some water so that soup won't be cloudy.
• To this add chopped potato and cook for another 15 minutes or until potato is done not mushy.
• In the mean time heat a pan add oil and fry onion until they become translucent or change in color about 7 minutes.
• To this add grated carrots and cabbage and fry for another 6 minutes.
• Add this fried onion-cabbage-carrots mixture to the soup and add rest of water, salt and pepper and cook for another 10 minutes.
• To this add dried parsley, marjoram and lime juice. switch off the flame.