Chicken Soup - South Indian Style

 As we are approaching winter,the weather is getting colder day by day and we had our first snowfall yesterday.The cold weather calls for some light and hot foods,so prepared this yummy chicken soup and had it for our lunch.

Coming to the recipe,its a typical South Indian style with  the flavor of black pepper and other spices..A simple freshly ground spice powder is used to enhance the aroma of the soup.
This soup can be made in less than 30 minutes in a pressure cooker.Its a very comforting soup and I make it often in winter or kids get cold.Here I have used the boneless chicken,as my kids love,tender and soft chicken pieces in their soup.

I am running in the 94th edition of Blogging Marathon,Dish under 30 minutes,as theme.Needless to say this soup is one such dish,fits for the theme.Try this simple and yummy chicken soup and enjoy the winter.

                                                          

                                                           

                                                       Chicken Soup -South Indian Style

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes

   Cooking time 15 minutes

   Serves 3 (generously)

   

 Ingredients

 

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Chicken( with bone or boneless)	200 gms
Onion(finely chopped)	1(medium size)
Tomato	1 (medium size)
Ginger&garlic paste	1.5 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	1/2 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	2 sprigs
Salt	1.5 tsp
Oil	2 tbs
Coriander leaves(finely chopped)	2 tbs

   

 To roast and powder

Black pepper/milagu	1.5 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1 tsp
Fennel seeds/sombu	1 tsp

   

 Method 

• Wash and clean the chicken and cut into bite size pieces.To the chicken add turmeric powder and a pinch of salt,mix it well and keep it aside.

• Heat a pan and to this add the cumin seeds,fennel seeds and black pepper.Dry roast it until a nice aroma comes out.Grind it to a coarse powder in a mortar and pestle,after cooling.Set it aside.

• Heat a pressure cooker on a stove top and add  oil,add in the chopped onion and curry leaves,saute it with a pinch of  salt until translucent.Add in the ginger &garlic paste and fry it for a minute or until raw smell disappears.Add in the chopped tomato and mix it well.Cook it until mushy.

• Add in the marinated chicken and give it a mix till it changes the color. Now add in the ground powder,red chilly powder,salt and mix it well.

• Add around 4-.5 cups of water and add in some chopped coriander leaves.Cover the lid and pressure cook it for 4-5 whistles in a medium flame.After the pressure subsides,remove the lid and boil it for a minute and add some more chopped coriander leaves.

• Serve it warm with hot.

• The spices given is for a medium spice level.Alter it according to personal preference.
• Instead of red chilly powder,dried red chilly can be added along with the whole spices while roasting.

Enjoy.......................................

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Happy Diwali 2018

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Mysore Pak /Mysore Pa /Ghee Mysore Pak

Coming to day 3 of Blogging Marathon#93 themed under one ingredient in different ways is mysore pak.
Mysore pak is a mouth melting sweet,loaded with ghee and most of us favorite.Though its a favorite sweet,I tried it for the first time on my own.I was bit skeptical to try this sweet as it needs arm power and perfect consistency.But after seeing the you tube video,I was bit confident to try with a smaller quantity.The end result is literally mouth melting mysore pak.

The proportion is very simple,for one part of flour,three parts of ghee and three parts of sugar. In the original recipe 2.5 parts of oil and .5 part of ghee is used.But I used 1 part of oil and 2 parts of ghee to make it.It can be completely made with ghee for extra rich taste.

Also I couldn't capture each and every step of the preparation as there were no helping hands when I made,will update it soon.

                                               

                                         

                                                                              

                                             Mysore Pak/Ghee Mysore Pak

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time 15 minutes
   Cooking time 30-35 minutes

   Makes 6 - 7 pieces of 4  inch size

  

 Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Gram flour/kadalamaavu	50 gms
Ghee/nei	100 ml
Any neutral oil	50 ml
Sugar/sakkarai	150 gms
Water	50 ml

 

  

  

 Method 

• Grease a plate with few drops of oil and set it aside.Sift the gram flour and take it in a bowl,to this add 50 ml of oil and mix it well with a whisk with no lumps.Keep it aside.

• In a heavy bottom pan take the sugar and add the water to it.Keep it on a medium flame till the sugar dissolves (no need of any consistency).Once the sugar dissolved add in the flour mixture and mix it well.

• Mix it well and keep stirring and add in the 50 ml of ghee in regular intervals.The mixture will  start bubbling and becomes thick.At this point put off the flame.

• Now add in the rest of the 50 ml of ghee to the mixture in intervals and mix it well.The mixture would absorb all the ghee and it becomes thick.Let it cool down in the pan for 5 minutes.

• Now transfer the mixture to the greased plate and level it well with a greased spatula or any flat bottom bowl.Let it cool down for 30 minutes or until it is warm.Now with a sharp knife draw lines to cut it into desired shape.Transfer it to a plate and let it cool completely.

• Store it in an air tight container.

• The amount of ghee and the oil is very important to get a mouth melting mysore pak.
• The entire cooking process needs to be done in a medium flame with continuous stirring.
• The 3rd portion of ghee or oil needs to be added to the mixture, in intervals after turn off the flame.The mixture will absorb the ghee or oil and becomes thick.
• If you feel the water is not enough to dissolve the sugar add another 10 ml of water to the sugar.
• The color of the mysore pak will be slightly deeper after cooling.

Enjoy..............................

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