Sig's Mulligatawny Soup

Name: Sig's Mulligatawny Soup
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp ghee (clarified butter); 1 large onion about 225 gram; 5 large cloves garlic crushed; 2 tsp ginger grated; 1 large green chilli, finely chopped; 1/4 tsp each ground cinnamon and ground cloves; 2 tsp ground coriander; 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 4 cardamom pods, bruised; 5 curry leaves; 1 medium carrot,chopped; 1 medium sour apple,chopped; 1 large potato, chopped; 1 can about 200 grams red lentils(I use brown as I prefer the flavour) drained; 1 liter vegetable or chicken stock; 1 tbsp tamarind concentrate; 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice; 2 cup about 500 ml coconut milk; 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

this is a beautifu flavoursome soup, I prefer it smooth but you can make it a little chunkier

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

this is a beautifu flavoursome soup, I prefer it smooth but you can make it a little chunkier

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Ingredients

6 servings

1 tbspghee (clarified butter)
1large onion about 225 gram
5large cloves garlic crushed
2 tspginger grated
1large green chilli, finely chopped
1/4 tspeach ground cinnamon and ground cloves
2 tspground coriander
1 1/2 tspground cumin
4cardamom pods, bruised
5curry leaves
1medium carrot,chopped
1medium sour apple,chopped
1large potato, chopped
1 canabout 200 grams red lentils(I use brown as I prefer the flavour) drained
1 litervegetable or chicken stock
1 tbsptamarind concentrate
1 tbspfresh lemon juice
2 cupabout 500 ml coconut milk
2 tbspchopped fresh coriander

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Steps

1

Heat the ghee in a large pot, cook the onion garlic,ginger,chilli,all spices and curry leaves in ghee until the onion has browned a little and there is a fragrance.
2

Add apple, carrot,potato, dhal(lentils) and cook for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are just tender
3

Discard cardamom pods and curry leaves
4

Blend or process the mixture. in batches until smooth,return to pan, add the tamarind,lemon juice coconut milk and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
5

Make sure the soup is heated through
6

I prefer smooth soups but you can puree it to more broth like texture.
7

Make a day ahead if you like.
8

You can make a chicken stock with 2 large chicken joints and add the chicken for meat eaters.