Kozhi_Rasam (Chicken Soup)

Ingredients :


 Chicken with bones (wash it with turmeric powder) - 10 pieces 
 onions (sambar vengayam) - chopped  or big onion - 1/2 chopped
 small tomatoes - 2 nos finely chopped
 Garlic - 4 pods 
 Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
 Cloves - 2 nos
 Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
 Bay leaves - 2  nos
 Curry leaves - few
 Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
 Chilli Power - 1 tbsp
 Salt to taste
 Gingelly oil (nalla ennai) (option) - 1/2 tsp 

To Grind :
 Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
 Black peppercorns  - 8 nos
 Red chilies - 1 nos 
 Garlic with skin- 4 pods 
 Fenner seeds (sombu) - 1 tsp
 Curry leaves - few 


Method:

*Wash the chicken nicely. Pressure cook the chicken along with the above all things (including ground paster) ,adding 5 cups of water. Add the turmeric powder and half of the salt needed. Wait for a whistle and then simmer the flame. Cook for another 10 minutes and switch off the stove.

* The rasam can be garnished with coriander leaves while serving. 


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TOMATO SHORBA INDIAN TOMATO SOUP

Ingredients:

Tomato - 5 nos

Green Chilli - 3 nos

Garlic - 5 pieces

Ginger - 2 pieces 

Butter - 2 tbsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper Corns - 5 nos

Coriander seeds (Crushed) - 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves - 1 bunch

Mint leaves - 5 nos (with stumps)

Curry leaves - few 

Cinnamon sticks - 1" inches   

Cardamom - 4 nos

Cloves - 3 nos

Bay leaves - 2 nos

Salt - for taste

Methods:

1. Heat oil in a pan add whole garam masala, cumin seeds, pepper corns, coriander seeds, ginger, garlic, turmeric,
2. Cook for a minute and add green chilly, roots and stems of curry leaves, coriander leaves, tomatoes. Let it fry for a while. Then add water, put the lid on simmer for 45 mins and an hour.
3. Strain this and boil once again add sugar(option), salt,
4. Heat butter in a pan add cumin seeds, thin slices of garlic,fry it for a while. Then add chopped coriander.
5. Cook this in the butter, pour the tadaka in to the shorba.

Note: Recipe is from VahRehVah

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Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:
Carrots - 2 nos
Beans  - 10 nos
Zucchini or Cucumber - 1 nos
Chopped Cabbage - 1/2 cup
Celery - 2 sticks
black/red bean - 1 (soaked/cooked)
onion - 1/2
G.Chilli - 2 nos (option)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

For Broth:
Carrots - 2 nos
Onion - 1 no
Tomato - 3 (fully ripped -medium size)

Method:

* Chop two tomatoes, onion finely. Peel carrot and cut it into small cubes. Combine all of three and put it in a pressure cooker. Add three cups of water and pressure cook for two to three whistles. Use hand mixer/Mixie to grind the cooked carrot, tomato and onion pieces to a smooth puree. Keep aside.

* Cut the third tomato into medium size pieces. Cut Zucchini/Cucumber into bite size pieces. Chop the onion finely.

* Heat the oil in a kadai and add the chopped onion and fry till it become transparent. Add cabbage and saute for a minute. Then add cucumber and tomato pieces along with cooked black bean, salt and pepper powder and mix well. Add half cup water and bring to boil. When it starts boiling, add the carrot puree, stir well and allow to boil once again and remove.

Sprinkle little pepper and salt and serve with bread sticks.

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Murunga Keerai Soup/Drumstick soup

Ingredients:

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Water - 4-5 cups

Garlic - 7-8 gloves

Onion - 1/2 sliced 

Tomato - 3-4 chopped

Drumstick leaves - 1 cup

Green chilli - 2 slit

Cinnamon stick - 1"

Cloves - 3 nos 

Salt - to taste 

To Grind:

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper - 8 nos

Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves -  few

Red chilli - 1 no

Method:

  * cook 1/4 cup of broken split green gram dhal along 3-4 chopped tomatoes, 7-8 whole garlic(optional) with 4-5 cups of water in pressure cooker (for 4-5 whistles) till the dhal and tomatoes have mixed well. Grind 1tsp each of fennel, cumin, black pepper and keep aside. 

* Heat oil in a pan, add 1' cinnamon, 3 cloves, sliced 1/2 medium onion, the drumstick leaves about a cup, 3-4 slit green chillies, the grinded powder,saute well. Add this to the green gram water,mix well  let it cook for another 10min. Add enough water for soup consistency,then add salt. For extra flavor add 1tsp of ghee to it. Have it warm.

Kavitha Sundhar's Recipe. Thanks Kavitha :)

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Black_Bean_Soup(Panera Bread soup)

Ingredients:
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 celery ribs, finely chopped
1/4 large red bell pepper, finely chopped
2 small chicken bouillon cubes
1 -1 1/2 cup boiling water
2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, undrained
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 lemon, juice of
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch

Method:
* In a pot, combine the first six ingredients; simmer for 10 minutes.
* Add half a can of beans, salt and cumin; cook for 5 minutes.
* Puree soup (I use an immersion blender which makes it easy to do it right in the pot).
* Add the rest of the beans to the soup.
* Combine the cornstarch with 1 1/2 tablespoons of water.
* Add the lemon and the cornstarch to the soup; cook until thickened.

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Chicken_Clear_Soup

Ingredients:
1 (3 pound) whole chicken
2 carrots, halved
4 stalks celery, halved
1 large onion, halved
2 Parsnip
water to cover
salt and pepper to taste

Method:
* Put the chicken, 1 carrots, 2 celery and 1 onion and 1 Parsnip in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. cook on simmer, uncovered, until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often)(It will take around 2 two hours).
* Take everything out of the pot. Strain the broth. Pick the meat off of the bones and chop fresh carrots, celery, Parsnip and spring onion and into that broth. And cook it for 15 min more. Now add the cooked chicken peices. Serve it hot.


Note: This recipe I got it from Tanja Saravanan. Thanks Tanja Akka.

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Green_Peas_Soup (Split GP)

Ingredients:
Green peas - 1 cup
Onion, finely chopped - 1 no
Garlic cloves, minced - 2 nos
Celery ribs, finely chopped - 2 nos
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Baby tomato - 4 nos
salt - to taste


Method:
* Boil all the above ingredients together, Once it cooked serve it hot. It's simple and health one :)

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Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:
Carrot - 1 nos
Green pepper - 1 nos
Mushroom - 10 nos
Cabbage - 2 slices
beans - 5 nos
Spring onion - 1 bunch (with small onions)
Cooking Stock (veg) - 1 box
Garlic - 5 cloves
Pepper powder - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
oil - 1 tsp

Method
* Cut all vegetables as small pieces and keep it aside, then
Smash Garlic cloves
* Add little oil in a vessel to fry garlic
* Add all the vegetables and fry it for 10 min in low flame
* Add little salt to taste and Cooking Stock then close it with lid
* Cook it for 30 min in low flame
* Add Pepper powder and serve it


Note: If you want to add chicken pieces, add 5 chicken pieces into it.

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