Naatu Kozhi Rasam | Rustic Chicken Soup
Kozhi Rasam or this rustic chicken soup / made with Free-range chicken/ naatu kozhi is the best there is for cold. It is also an amazing wintertime soup to keep you warm!
Servings 4 people
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 750 g Bone-in free-range Chicken , chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 100 ml Coconut Oil
- 3 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 2 meidum-big Red onions , chopped (approx. 250g., you can also use shallots)
- 100 g tomatoes , diced
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste , heaped tbsp
- 1 tbsp rock salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder , heaped
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 1 bunch Coriander Leaves (a handful)
Instructions
- Wash and clean the chicken. Marinate it with turmeric and 1/2 of the salt (1/2 tbsp ).750 g Bone-in free-range Chicken, 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Once hot, add the cloves and cinnamon and wait till the cloves puff up.100 ml Coconut Oil, 3 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon stick
- Next, add the onions and saute till translucent.2 meidum-big Red onions
- Spoon the ginger-garlic paste. Once it begins to stick to the bottom, add the tomatoes and salt. Saute till tomatoes turn mushy and soft.100 g tomatoes, 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 tbsp rock salt
- Add the chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder. Give it a mix.1 tsp chilli powder, 2 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Add the marinated chicken and mix till it is coated with the masala. Pour water, add pepper powder and coriander leaves.1 tsp pepper powder, 1 bunch Coriander Leaves
- Pressure cook for about 5-6 pressure releases. Check for spices, add more pepper if required.
- Serve it hot!
Notes
- Chicken - If using regular chicken (instead of free-range), reduce the amount of ginger garlic paste to 3/4 tsp.
- Also, reduce the cooking time (or whistles of the pressure cooker) by half.
- Instead of ginger garlic paste, you can also add thinly sliced ginger and garlic. This would add to the rusticness of this naatu kozhi rasam.
- An equivalent of 1 heaped teaspoon of ginger garlic paste would be approximately 2-inch piece ginger. 6-7 big cloves of garlic.