Mulligatawny Soup

Name: Mulligatawny Soup
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chutney, chopped; 4 oz (125 g) onions, sliced; 2 oz (50 g) ham, chopped; 5 fl oz (150 ml) double cream; Boiled rice, to serve; 2 oz (50 g) butter; 1 oz (25 g) flour; 4 oz (125 g) turnips, sliced; Bouquet of herbs; 4 pints (2.5 litres) brown stock; 1 dessertspoon curry powder; 4 oz (125 g) carrots, sliced; Salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon curry paste; 1 clove; 1 blade mace; 1 teaspoon tomato purée; 2 oz (50 g) apples, sliced

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Britain & Ireland

By Keith Floyd

Published 1988

About

This highly spiced East Indian soup was extremely popular among British colonials and was brought to England in the nineteenth century. At that time it was sometimes served clear without any vegetables, but is today usually made as a thick soup.

Ingredients

4 oz (125 g) onions, sliced
4 oz (125

Europe
Asia
United Kingdom
India
Starter
Soup
Spicy
England

Method

Fry the onions, carrots, turnips, apples and ham in the butter until lightly brown. Mix in the flour, curry powder and paste, tomato purée and chutney. Gradually stir in the stock, add the bouquet of herbs, mace and clove. Bring the soup to the boil, skim and cook over a low heat for 30 to 40 minutes.

Remove the herbs, mace and clove and rub the soup through a sieve or blend in a liquid