Solyanka (budget version)
Description
The soup is simple and quick to prepare. Boil the meat to make broth. Cut the potatoes into cubes and add them to the prepared broth. Chop the onion and sauté it in a frying pan over low heat in sunflower oil. Grate the carrots and add them to the onion, continuing to sauté over low heat. The meat from the broth (if it wasn't just a bone) can also be chopped and fried together with the onion and carrots. Next, cut the smoked and boiled sausages into cubes (the smoked sausage is better cut into strips) and add them to the pan with the onion and carrots, stirring and sautéing. Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and spices (something spicy, like khmeli-suneli) and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. This should all be done quickly, before the potatoes are fully cooked. Then transfer this entire mixture from the pan into the broth. Add olives (halved), bay leaf, and lemon to taste, and continue cooking until the potatoes are done. The lemon can be added at the very end, after the potatoes are cooked, or directly into each bowl. The soup is ready to serve.