Easy chicken mulligatawny curry soup, with chicken thighs, carrot, onion, celery, apple, stock, curry, rice, and cream
Have you ever had mulligatawny? Best soup ever! It’s basically a
curry soup, most often made with chicken, vegetables, apples, and
rice. Not only is it absolutely delicious, it’s the perfect example of
how one culture acquires food from another, and adapts it to their own
taste.
Mulligatawny is the ultimate “fusion” food, invented centuries before
anyone would even know what that meant. It hails from the early days of
the British Raj in India.
According to Lizzie Collingham in A Tale of Cooks & Conquerors,
the colonialists, wanting a first course for their dinner, requested
of their Indian cooks to make them soup. The cooks obliged with what
most approximated soup in their repertoire, a light tonic broth made
with peppers, tamarind, and water (“molo tunny” in Tamil), dressed up
with some vegetables and meat.
Over the centuries the soup evolved to what we know today—a creamy
curry chicken soup with apples, rice, and vegetables. It’s a simple,
wholesome soup, and a classic in Anglo-Indian cuisine.
Chicken Mulligatawny Soup Recipe
Have you ever had mulligatawny? Best soup ever! It’s basically a
curry soup, most often made with chicken, vegetables, apples, and
rice. Not only is it absolutely delicious, it’s the perfect example of
how one culture acquires food from another, and adapts it to their own
taste.
Mulligatawny is the ultimate “fusion” food, invented centuries before
anyone would even know what that meant. It hails from the early days of
the British Raj in India.
Over the centuries the soup evolved to what we know today—a creamy curry chicken soup with apples, rice, and vegetables. It’s a simple, wholesome soup, and a classic in Anglo-Indian cuisine.
Chicken Mulligatawny Soup Recipe
