Cooking Borscht • Ukrainian Borscht with Prunes

Ingredients

• Water – 8 cups
• Dried beans – 3 tablespoons ORCanned beans – ½ can
• Beets – 10 oz
• Fresh green cabbage – 8 oz
• 2 medium potatoes
• 1 large carrot
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 tomatoes
• Butter – 4 tablespoons
• ¼ lemon
• Chopped dill
• Chopped parsley
• Garlic – 3 cloves
• Smoked prunes – 3 oz
• Salt – to taste
• Sour cream