SPICY CHICKEN SOUP

Chicken Soup is the best remedy for cold. Sipping the hot soup and breathing in the steam helps clear up congestion. Amino acid released from the chicken during cooking chemically resembles the drug acetylcysteine, prescribed for bronchitis and other respiratory problems. Spices that are added to chicken soup like garlic and pepper work the same way as modern cough medicines, thinning mucus and making breathing easier. Now lets know how to make a spicy chicken soup, an apt soup for this climate.

Spicy Chicken Soup

Ingredients

Chicken-1/4 kg

Onion-1

Tomato-1

Green chilly-2

Bay leaf-1

Turmeric powder-1 tspn

Salt-as required

Oil-as required

To Grind

Pepper-2 tbsp

Garlic pods-5

Cumin seeds-1tspn

Fennel seeds-1/2 tspn

Method

Cut the chicken into small pieces. Clean and drain the water. Grind the mixtures given under "to grind" coarsely. Slice the onions lengthwise. Chop the tomatoes. Slit the green chillies. In a pressure cooker add the chicken, half of the onion, tomatoes, green chillies, ground mixture, turmeric powder, a tspn of oil,salt and 3 cups of water. Let it cook for 5 or 6 whistles.

Now heat a pan add some oil and saute the bay leaf and the remaining onions. Add this to the soup mixture and heat it again for a minute. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Tips

Gingelly oil enhances the taste of the soup.

Chicken with bones makes this soup taste the best.

OATS PORRIDGE/KANJI

OATS KANJI

Ingredients

Oats - 1 cup

Moong dal-1/4 cup

Fenugreek-2 tspn

Tomato-1

Onion-1

Green chilly-2

Vegetable mixture- 1/2 cup(carrot,beans,peas)

Coconut milk-2 cups

Cinnamon-1 small piece

Cloves-2

Salt-as required

Kasuri methi or parsley- as desired(optional)

Method

Make a loose mixture of oats by adding water and place it aside.soak the fenugreek in water overnight or for half an hour.Dry fry the moong dal in a pressure cooker for 3 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes, onion, vegetable mixture, green chilly,cinnamon, cloves.fenugreek and add water. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles.

Once the pressure gets released, place the cooker on the stove. Add the oats mixture to the boiled mixture in the cooker. Let it get boiled for 5 minutes. After that add coconut milk and let it boil for some time, if u feel the porridge is very thick u can add some water to it. At last add kasuri methi or parsley to garnish it and serve hot. Good to have as a breakfast as it gives a complete filling.

MILK VEGETABLE SOUP

Milk Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

Chopped vegetable Mixture-1/2 cup

Milk-2 cup

Garlic pods-4

onion-1

All purpose flour-3 tspn

Butter-1 tbsp

Pepper Powder- as required

Salt-as required

Method

Boil the vegetables in the cooker for one whistle. Melt some butter in a pan, and add the chopped garlic, onion and then add maida. After frying it for some time, add milk little by little without forming any clumps. Add salt and boil tat for 5 minutes, later add the boiled vegetables and let it cook for another 2 minutes. Serve hot by adding pepper powder.