Monsoons are confusing for the kids. Parents want them to be cozy and covered while they are all sweaty and sultry. They need more showers in the day of humidity while the parents want them to be quick and covered so as to avoid them from catching cold.
This soup really helps in the monsoons. Super tasty and energy giving, it maintains the body temperature and avoids the unwanted shivers in the rainy weather. Takes not much of an effort but we have here a winning concoction. Try it and have a sumptuous and confident evening 🙂
Ingredients of Mutton Stock in Celary Garlic
Mutton Stock in Celery Garlic
….need to know (food details)
- Number of people served : 2 for the party
- Preparation time : 20 minutes
- Serving size : 1 bowl each
….and we need (ingredients)
- Celery stalks, 4, chopped : I grow celery for around 5 months in a year and they grow well in tubs, bags and small planters. They have one of the healthiest foliage & excellent antioxidant. It gives good bitter pungency to the stock.
- Garlic cloves, 3 – 4 : The King Pungent. Pungency is the reason why we use this allicin rich clove which combats sickness and common cold.
- Vegetable oil, 3 teaspoon : Sunflower seed or groundnut oil would be good. We are looking for an average greasing here.
- Mutton Stock, 4 cups : Healthiest broth is prepared with mutton. It builds bones and is abundant in calcium.
- Soya Sauce, 2 tablespoon : It is the most popular umami fixture I guess.
- Lemon grass, chopped, 1 teaspoon : I learnt that lemongrass is a mild astringent and helps controlling fever, cough, digestion, blood pressure etc. besides adding a wonderful citrus zest to the dish. Now I have sufficient lemongrass in my garden throughout the year.
- Black pepper, 2 pinches : Good proportion of salt and pepper are great anti oxidants too.
- Table salt, 1/2 teaspoon : Regular table salt would o good
- Coriander, chopped, for garnish : This comes straight from my garden. Gives a orangy zest, coriander is again a blood regulator.
….time to cook ‘n roll (preparing instructions)
- Preparing the mutton stock is a pre-recipe exercise here. A simple mutton stock that I make is by pressure cooking 3 pieces of mutton with a teaspoon of garam masala and 1/2 teaspoon salt. We can also add a bay leaf , 1 small black cardamom and 1/2 inch of cinnamon to enhance.
- Now heat oil in a pan. When it steams, add the chopped celery and chopped garlic and stir saute’ for 3 minutes on low medium flame.
- Add half the stock in it and cook for 5 minutes..
- To this add the soya sauce, lemongrass, salt and pepper and stir cook for 2 minutes to mix well.
- Now add the remaining stock and boil cook for 10 minutes on low medium flame.
- This should reduce the stock to about 1 & 1/2 to 2 cups.
- Serve in hot bowls garnishing with roughly chopped coriander. Enjoy 🙂
Storage : You can refrigerate for a week, no sweat in the monsoons with that 🙂
Missing Something ? : You may add 1/2 teaspoon of paprika to increase your heat quotient but do not add any spice which overwhelms your basic flavors of celery and garlic !!
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Looks and sounds lovely!
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it was great indeed 🙂
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I love a nice soup made with a good stock it sounds lovely 🙂
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It sure is yummy indeed 🙂
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Tonight I am making your basa with chili and basil but using yellow stripe fish which doesn’t have small bones just the one a firmish fish but good for this type of dish 🙂
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great to know 🙂 !! have a feast. i am doing some local pond fishes this weekend.
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Look forward to seeing the recipe…I have many fish in my pond but I put into clean water for a few days to clean out their waste as they can taste muddy as they are bottom feeders…
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Nice experience you’d have 🙂
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it’s quite tough to lay hands upon fresh fish with less bones, here in Delhi
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We are lucky that fresh fish is quite plentiful here although this one seems to be seasonable as I don’t see it all year round and never see it in great numbers guess I was just in the right place at the right time I cooked it will sesame seeds before and it was really nice. But many of the fish here have lots of bones which are not good for children.
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true that, i literally have to debone most meat with my hands while giving it to my kiddo 🙂
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Snap the same here…The fish was a hit especially with the grandson ( I cooked) the head as well as he likes to pick that. It was really nice, quick to cook and tasty…definitely a recipe I would cook again…Thank you 🙂
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😀 Glad to know. Am sure your grandson is a lucky champ, he gets to have great treats 🙂
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He is a typical Thai and eats food with great pleasure and eats practically everything and every bit of the animal I just love to watch him eat and the pleasure he gets from food 🙂
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An inspiration for sure 😂. You can record him and show across to most kids who are lethargic to enjoying food
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I am writing a cook book with him cooking and his sister as they both love to eat and cook…He cooks a mean steak 🙂
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That’s wonderful. It’s such a coincidence, am turning my 9 yr old into a blogger soon. He’ll be doing the gardening write ups !! Hope to launch it soon. Do share your book when it’s done. It’ll be great to have it
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I will and good for him I think it is great to encourage children to create and do things…Can’t wait to read his posts 🙂
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😀 yes, good for them. They have quite a lead over us !!
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