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Settlement House Mulligatawny Soup

"The New Settlement Cookbook," edited by Charles Pierce and published by Simon & Schuster, is the source for this recipe. The soup's name comes from the Tamil people of southern India and means "pepper water".

Courses: Soup
Serves: 10 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 lbs 1362g / 48ozUncooked chicken
2   Tart apples - sliced
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozSliced onion
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozThinly-sliced celery
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozChopped peeled carrot
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozChopped peeled seeded tomatoes
1/2   Green pepper - finely chopped
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter
1 tablespoon 15mlFlour
1 teaspoon 5mlCurry powder
2   Whole cloves
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlMace
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped parsley
1 teaspoon 5mlSugar - (optional)
4   Cold water
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

In a large soup pot, brown the chicken, apples and vegetables in butter over high heat. Add the flour, curry powder, cloves, mace, parsley and sugar if desired. Cover with the cold water and stir to blend. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook slowly, covered, until chicken is tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Remove the chicken from the bones and cut the meat into small pieces. Strain soup and rub vegetables through a sieve. Add cut-up chicken to strained soup. Season with salt and pepper, and serve hot with boiled rice.

This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.

Source:
Jo Merrill/Dakotah on the http://www.eclix.net Food BB

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