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Festive special: Slurp on tantalising soup this season
December rains are always associated with hot and nourishing food. Hot fried bajjis or vadas with hot soup or tea.
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migrator
Chennai
A dal soup is not only nourishing but works great wonders for your body. A great option for vegetarians, while non-vegetarians need to just add chicken or mutton stock to a paruppu soup and few pieces of minced chicken to enhance the taste.Â
This soup can be made with left-overs and December is the ideal month to sit and enjoy this soup.Â
PARUPPU SOUP FROM KARAIKUDIÂ
Ingredients:
Ghee: 1 1/2 tbspÂ
Cooking oil: 2 tbspÂ
Bay leaves: 1Â
Cinnamon stick: 2 smallÂ
Mustard seeds + urad dal (white lentil): 1 tbspÂ
Jeera / cumin seeds: 1/2 tbspÂ
Curry leaves: 5 nosÂ
Turmeric powder: a pinchÂ
Big brown onion: 1/2 slicedÂ
Tomato: 1 sliced
Split green chillies: 3 nosÂ
Tur dal / red gram: 1 handfulÂ
Moong dal/split pigeon peas: 1 handfulÂ
Cilantro/coriander leaves: 1/2 handful (need not chop)Â
Salt to taste
Chicken/ mutton stock: 3 and 1/2 cup (instead of water)Â
Minced chicken, cooked or boiled: 12 tablespoons (optional)
Method:
- Wash the dals (lentil) and soak in water for 20 minutes.
- Heat oil + ghee in a pressure cooker and add bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, curry leaves and turmeric powder.Â
- Add chopped onion, green chillies and cook till onion is transparent. Now add tomato and sauté for a minute. The tomato need not get smashed.
- Strain water completely from dal and add it into the pressure cooker. Sauté the dal in medium flame for 7 - 9 mins. Stir consciously for every two minutes. Now add the cilantro.
- Add 3 and a 1/2 cup of water + salt. The soup should be very watery before cooking. After the dal gets cooked, the soup will come to an edible consistency. Non-vegetarians instead of water, add the non-veg stock.Â
- Close the cooker lid with whistle and cook in medium flame for exactly 10 minutes. The cooker need not whistle. Switch off the stove and remove from fire.Â
- Open the cooker lid after the pressure goes off and sprinkle some more cilantro leaves and boil in medium flame for 2 minutes. Non vegetarians can add cooked minced chicken along with cilantro leaves. Delicious soup is ready. Serve hot.
TIP FOR THE DAY:Â
If you have extra salt in your gravy dish, add half a cup of milk or mashed potato. This immediately cuts down the excess salt.Â
The writer is a chef and author of Festive Offerings to the GodsÂ
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