Mulligatawny Soup
Mulligatawny soup is a comforting, aromatic dish with heavily spiced vegetables, apple and rice in a base of chicken stock and coconut milk.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
Spice Paste
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground fenugreek
- 6 cloves garlic peeled
- 2- inch piece of ginger rough chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
- 1/4 cup mint leaves
Soup
- 2 tbsp ghee/butter
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 6 cloves
- 1 large red onion finely diced
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 stick celery diced
- 1 carrot diced
- 2 Roma plum tomatoes, chopped
- 1 granny smith apple peeled and diced
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cooked basmati rice
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 14 oz coconut milk
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- Put all the spice paste ingredients into a food processor or blender. Add 1/4 cup water and blitz to a paste. Set aside.
- Melt the butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the bay leaves, cinnamon and cloves and fry for a minute.
- Add onion, garlic and cook for 5 minutes until soft and translucent. Add the celery, carrot, tomatoes and apple and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in spice paste and fry for a several minutes.
- Stir in the flour, rice and chicken stock. Cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes until the soup has thickened.
- Either pulse the soup several times using an immersion blender or remove half of the vegetable/apple solids and set aside. Laddle soup into a blender, puree and return back to Dutch oven. Return reserved soup solids to the Dutch oven and pour in the coconut milk. Stir and and simmer on low 5 minutes.
- Season with salt to taste and serve with chopped cilantro and lemon wedges for squeezing.
Notes
OPTIONAL: Add 1 pound of diced, boneless, skinless chicken thigh meat right after cooking the red onion along with the other vegetables if you want to bulk up this soup.
Adapted from Dan Toombs, The Curry Guy.
Nutrition
Calories: 510kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 464mg | Potassium: 920mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 2825IU | Vitamin C: 39mg | Calcium: 123mg | Iron: 7mg