nenju elumbu soup | mutton soup | lamb rib bone soup recipe
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
Base ingredients
  • Lamb/Mutton chops/ribs - ½ kg
  • 2 cups water
Whole spices
  • Cinnamon/pattai - 1 inch
  • Clove/krambu - 1 or 2
  • Peppercorns/milagu - ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds/jeeragam - ¼ tsp
  • Aniseed/sombu - ¼ tsp
Spice powders
  • Coriander powder - ½ tsp heaped
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Chilli powder - ½ tsp levelled
  • Kosher salt/kalluppu - ½ tsp
Add-ons
  • Small onions - 8-10
  • Garlic cloves - 3-5
  • Tomato - 1
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Coriander leaves - few
  • Sesame oil/Nallennai - ½ tsp
Instructions
  1. Wash the mutton ribs twice and then add salt, turmeric powder & lemon along with water. Mix well and leave it for 5 mins. Drain the water and wash again with plain water.
  2. In a plate, take 1 inch cinnamon/pattai, 1 or 2 clove/krambu, ¼ tsp each of pepper/milagu, cumin/jeeragam, aniseed/sombu. Wash curry & coriander leaves and keep ready. Peel 8-10 small onions, 3-4 garlic cloves. Wash and chop 1 ripe tomato.
  3. Crush onions and garlic cloves using back of kitchen knife or coconut knife(as in pic) or pestle.
  4. In a pressure cooker, take washed mutton ribs and add the plate of whole spices.
  5. Add crushed onion & garlic, chopped tomato, washed curry & coriander leaves. Add ½ tsp heaped coriander powder, ¼ tsp turmeric powder and ½ tsp leveled chilli powder.
  6. Add ½ tsp sesame oil/nallennai and 2 cups water.
  7. Add ½ tsp kosher salt/kalluppu and cook in medium-high flame(knob #8) for 8 whistles.
  8. Once pressure is released naturally, drain the soup to a bowl(with few pieces, if required) and serve hot/warm.
Notes
1.If you are making it for babies, do drain it using a strainer as whole spices or tiny bones might cause choking hazard. Decrease the spices. Salt is recommended for babies below 1 year of age. Click here to know why ?
2.Consume immediately when it's still warm. If you want to have it after sometime, do reheat and have warm.
3.You shall replace pepper powder and jeera powder in place of whole spices.
Recipe by My Healthy Kiddo at https://www.myhealthykiddo.com/nenju-elumbu-soup-recipe/