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Mulligatawny Soup
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Minutes
Servings: 10
Mulligatawny, Literally meaning pepper water. Created by servants for the British. Its said that when Britishers went back to Britain and they craved for a curry soup and that is the origin of this soup.
Ingredients:
• 3 tbl.sp olive oil
1 cup cooked & fluffed rice
• 1- onion, finely chopped
• 1 celery- finely chopped
• 2 tbl.sp- garlic, minced
• 1 tsp.sp- grated fresh ginger
• 3- thai chilis, finely, chopped
• 1 tsp –pepper powder
• 2 tsp- rasam powder
• 1/4 tsp- hing or asafoetida
• 1 tsp- curry powder
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 1 green apple - chopped
• 1/4 cup masoor dhal (red lentils), rinsed, cooked & mashed
• 1 gallon- chicken broth
• 1 cup- boneless, skin less chicken- julienned
• 1/2 tbl.sp-tamarind concentrate
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• salt to taste
• sugar for balance
tempering
1. 1 tbl.sp –clarified butter (ghee)
2. 1/2 tsp-brown mustard seeds
3. 7- curry leaves cut into thin strips w/ scissors
4. 1tsp- cumin seeds
5. 1/2 tsp- black pepper powder
instructions for tempering
in a small pan add the ghee, once its warm add the mustard seeds and let it splutter and add all the ing. acc. to the same order. once you get a good aroma, garnish it on top of the soup, stir & serve.
Directions:
1. 1. Heat oil in lsoup pot; Saute onion, garlic, ginger, chilies, Chopped celery, salt and all the spices stirring, until onion is browned lightly and mixture is fragrant.
2. 2. Add carrot, apple, chicken and sauté for some more time until the chicken is cooked.
3. 3. Add the stock to pan; boil w/ all the ingredients except cilantro for about 15 minutes or until vegetables are just tender.
4. 4. Add the cooked and mashed lentil mix diluted in stock and let the mixture simmer
5. 5. Add fresh coriander leaves; lemon juice, sugar and stir in the cooked rice
6. 6. Take it out of the burner, close it w/ a lid
7. 7. Garnish w/ the tempered ingredients.
8. 8. Serve hot in a soup bowl.
9. Note: You can either stir in the rice or add the rice separately to each bowl when you serve.
By RecipeOfHealth.com