Let's make the Ukrainian borscht!

Hello Friends! :)
Have you ever tried a genuine Ukrainian traditional first course - borscht? By the way, what type of cuisine do you like? Do you prefer to cook some dishes which belong to your own cuisine or do you relish some typical Mediterranean or Asian dishes?

As we know, Polish and Ukrainian cuisines have quite a lot of similar dishes and recipes. Both cuisines share many similarities, e.g. the dishes are quite fatty and nourishing, there are many braised products, the cabbage is in wide use and cooked in different ways, a meal for dinner consists of three parts: the first course is a soup (like cucumber soup, cabbage soup, sorrel soup), the second course is entree consisting of meat with potatos or kasha and vegetables, and the third one is a dessert and a hot dring or a cold beverage.
As to Ukrainian borscht, there is one recipe with fixed ingredients, but realised in plenty of ways depending on regions and even families, where it is cooked. So in this post I'm going to share with you my beloved granny's recipe of a true Ukrainian borscht!
You will need following ingredients:

• 1,5 kg of beef;
• 2-3 beetroots;
• 8-10 potatos;
• 0,5 fresh cabbage;
• 2-3 carrots;
• 1 onion;
• tomato puree;
• bay leaf;
• beans:
• salt, pepper.

1. Cook meat for 1,5 hours;
2. Cut an onion and fry it for 5 min.;
3. Over time rub carrots with a big grator and add to the onion, fry it for 5 min;
4. Then add 2 glasses of cooking bouillion;
5. Slice the raw beetroots and add to the frying onion and carrots, brase the vegetables for 20 min;
6. After 20 min add the tomato puree (not too much) and brase it for 20 min, add 2 spoons of cream;
7. Over time cube potatos and add them to the bullion, cook it for 25 min;
8. Shred cabbage and add it to bullion, cook it for 15 min;
9. The braising beetroots add to the bouillion, cook until it boils for 15 min; 
10. Then add some bay leaves, salt and pepper;
11. Take the pot from the tile and leave it under the cover for 20 min;
12. The borscht is prepared! Good appetite to you ;)

I hope you'll try to cook the dish using this recipe and enjoy a delicious Ukrainian barscht! :)

I recommend to serve the dish with pampushky (typical Ukrainian doughnuts) embrocated with garlic. :)