country chicken soup recipe / Nattu kozhi soup for cold
Ingredients
- Nattu kozhi /Country chicken - 150 gms
- Gingelly oil/Nallenai - 2 tbsp
- Rock salt/kallupu - as required
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Crushed garlic and ginger - 11/2 tbsp
- Crushed onion(small) -one handful
- Tomato (chopped) - 1
For soup powder:
- Seeragam/jeera - 1 tsp
- Sombu /fennel seeds - 1 tsp
- Pepper - 2 tsp
- Water - 500 ml
- some chopped coriander and pepper powder
Instructions
- Take a pressure cooker add gingelly oil when it heats up add chicken pieces and stir.2.Add rock salt as needed then turmeric powder and sauté well.3.Add in ginger garlic crushed followed by smashed small onions and saute.4.Now add sliced tomatoes and stir.5.Grind jeera, pepper and sambu to a coarse powder and add it to the mixture and stir well.6.Add water and let it boil add some chopped coriander.7.Close the pressure cooker and put weight let it leave many whistles switch off stove.8.When pressure subsides open and bring it to boil add more chopped coriander and more pepper powder and let it boil for some time and switch off.9.Serve hot.
Notes
- Adding more pepper can be limited its your own choice.
- If you like add chilli powder even some garam masala for more spicy soup.
- The chicken should be cooked well so leave for many whistles in the cooker.
- Country chicken usually takes some time to cook.