Peppery Mulligatawny Soup With Fresh Tomatoes & Cilantro #SundaySupper

Peppery Mulligatawny Soup With Fresh Tomatoes & Cilantro #SundaySupper

 

 

Spicy peppery mulligatawny soup made with fresh tomatoes and cilantro spiked with spices is comfort food to me ! When my Sunday Supper team decided to do a ” Dishes That Keep You Warm” theme, I knew just the dish I wanted to make. Mulligatawny soup, a popular soup with the ‘ Soup Nazi” in Seinfeld ( a show I still love to watch) is a favorite in my family. Also called rasam , it is a soup I grew up on. Every time anyone had a cold or was feeling under the weather, my mom would make rasam and it conjured up a warm soothing feeling that somehow made the fever or cold seem so much better. No wonder I chose to make mulligatawny soup or rasam as a dish that keeps me warm! Well, the tradition still continues in my little family as well. Every time my husband goes on trip out-of-town, the first thing he wants to eat when he gets home is rasam.  My kids have grown to love it too and will often ask for it. Fortunately, it’s easy to make and can be thrown together in a few minutes.  Traditionally rasam is eaten with rice and when you pour that light aromatic soup over hot cooked rice it is warm comfort food indeed. When you want to drink it as a soup, you can thin it down if you feel it’s too strong. It has digestive healing spices like pepper, cumin and garlic in it  which make it a very healthy almost herbal soup with healing properties.  I just made s huge pot today and it’s half over 🙂 !! 

 

 

 

Nutrition Wise ! 

Tomatoes are loaded with Vitamin C and A. They are also packed with lycopene, an antioxidant that prevents skin damage from ultra-violet (UV) rays and offers protection from skin cancer. Lycopene is also found to be protective of other cancers, especially  prostate, breast and colon cancer. Absorption of lycopene increase in cooked tomatoes. This vegetable also has Zea-xanthin which  helps protect eyes from “age-related macular disease” (ARMD) in the elderly persons by filtering harmful ultra-violet rays. All the more reason to load up on tomatoes. Garlic has antibacterial, antiviral properties and pepper and cumin are known for their healing properties. Asafoetida helps in digestion. All in all a very soothing healing herbal soup that tastes spicy delish ! 

 

 Mulligatawny Soup eaten with rice ! Mmmm delish ! 

Mulligatawny Soup

Serves 12
Dietary Diabetic, Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Meal type Soup
Misc Child Friendly, Freezable, Pre-preparable, Serve Hot

Ingredients

  • 2 Large tomatoes
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup cilantro
  • 4 Pods garlic
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons mulligatawany powder or rasam powder
  • 1/ 2 teaspoon asofeotida (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon dry red chili (crushed pepper)
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

Note

coarsely grind equal parts of fresh cumin and fresh pepper corns to get mulligatawny mix. Store in an airtight container and use as needed whenever you make rasam or mulligatawny soup !

Directions

Heat oil. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and wait for it to splutter.
Cut tomatoes and add to the oil. Add mulligatawny mix and turmeric. Crush garlic and add to the mix. Add asofeotida. Cook about 5 - 8 minutes till tomatoes get nicely cooked.
Add 6 cups water, lemon juice and salt. Cook for 2 minutes.
Cut cherry tomatoes into halves and add to above mixture. Add chopped cilantro and brown sugar and cook on simmer till the tomatoes and cilantro float to the top. Wait for the first boil and switch the fire off.
Drink as soup or eat with cooked rice for a warm spicy treat.

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