Period Mullagatawny Soup

[donna]

Mullagatawny is from a Tamil word meaning "pepper water". It came to America from India by the way of England. Dr. William Kitchiner in his cookbook, "The Cook's Oracle" written in 1817, had a version of it.

This recipe from "Civil War Recipes Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book", 1862.

"Cut up a knuckle of veal, and put it into a stewpan with a piece of butter, half a pound of lean ham, a carrot, a turnip, three onions, six apples; add half a pint of water. Set the stewpan on the fire, moving the meat round occasionally. Let it remain until the bottom of the stewpan is covered with a strong glaze; then add three tablespoonfuls of curry powder or curry paste, and half a pound of flour; stir well in, and fill the stewpan with a gallon of water. Add a spoonful of salt and half a spoonful sugar. When it boils, place it on the corner of the fire. and let it simmer two hours and a half, skimming off all fat as it rises."

 

[donna]

My cousin's Minnesota Mulligatawny Soup. She and her husband make this a lot for their family.

2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup matchstick carrots
1/2 cup chopped green peppers
1 medium Haralson apple, chopped
1 (32 ounce) can beef broth, divided
1/4 cup flour
1 (141/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper
1 cup cooked egg noodles
3 cups cooked diced beef chuck roast
dash cayenne pepper

In Dutch Oven, heat butter over medium high heat. Sauté onion, celery, carrots, green pepper and apple, 1 to 2 minutes. Combine 1/2 cup beef broth and flour, blend until smooth; stir into vegetables. Add tomatoes, salt, curry powder, pepper and remaining beef broth. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium low, simmer about 45 minutes. Stir noodles and beef into soup; simmer an additional 5 minutes or until heated through.

Makes 6 ( 1 1/2) cup servings.

They also make with chicken. So instead of beef broth use chicken broth and instead of beef chuck roast use chicken.

My cousin states this a great soup for the cold Minnesota winters they have.

 

[MRB1863]

Incredibly delicious sounding! Now a chunk of a good stout bread and we are all set!

 

[donna]

Another recipe for Mulligatawny soup. This one is from "The Settlement Cook Book", Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1901.

3 lbs raw chicken
4 quarts cold water
2 sour apples, sliced
1/4 cup onion, sliced
1/4 cup celery, cut in cubes
1/4 cup carrots, cut in cubes
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoon flour
2 cloves
1 cup tomato, strained
1/2 green pepper, chopped fine
1/8 teaspoon mace
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon sugar
a little pepper
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt

Cook vegetables and chicken in the fat until browned; add flour, curry powder, cloves and all the rest of the ingredients and cook them slowly until the chicken is tender. Remove chicken and cut the meat in small pieces. Strain the soup and rub the vegetables through a sieve. Add the chicken to the strained soup. Season and serve hot, with boiled rice.

 

[donna]

Another ethnic dish enjoyed in America in 19th century. This one came to America from India by the way of England.

 

[nitrofd]

Being this came from India,it just shows how every culture makes the same thing just with their ywist on jt.sounds like a good vegetable beef soup.

 

[Schwallanscher]

nope, that's the english version of a mulligatawny soup - in the indian version there need to be lentils and not necessarily any meat. sometimes the enlish also use black current jelly

in a fast overview the best indian version i found is this

http://thewanderlustkitchen.com/indian-mulligatawny-soup/

edit: i posted this link because i still fight english/american ingredients name-wise

 

[nitrofd]

nope, that's the english version of a mulligatawny soup - in the indian version there need to be lentils and not necessarily any meat. sometimes the enlish also use black current jelly

in a fast overview the best indian version i found is this

http://thewanderlustkitchen.com/indian-mulligatawny-soup/

edit: i posted this link because i still fight english/american ingredients name-wise

The photos of the soup just make you want to eat that whole bowl.

 

[donna]

Really enjoy lentils. My Grandma made a wonderful lentil soup. Of course, her being Italian it had an Italian influence on how made.

 

[nitrofd]

In America lentils are like soccer,we know about it,but we don't understand it.I grew up eating lentil soup,but my mother would always slice up hot dogs and put it in the soup.that was quite awhile ago,may have to have it again.

 

[Schwallanscher]

The photos of the soup just make you want to eat that whole bowl.

yep

 

[Schwallanscher]

In America lentils are like soccer,we know about it,but we don't understand it.I grew up eating lentil soup,but my mother would always slice up hot dogs and put it in the soup.that was quite awhile ago,may have to have it again.

these are different lentils (i guess your mom has/had a german or jiddish background) they are brown and bigger (and i hate them), there's vinnegar in the soup?

indians use red or yellow lentils (i love them both)

 

[Schwallanscher]

Really enjoy lentils. My Grandma made a wonderful lentil soup. Of course, her being Italian it had an Italian influence on how made.

got a recipe for that - i assume she used red lentils

 

[donna]

She used brown lentils.

Here is recipe I found that similar to my Grandma's.

http://anitalianinmykitchen.com/Italian-lentil-soup/

 

[nitrofd]

My mother used brown ones also,back then I think that was the only one available.today we find it just as easy to buy a can of "Progresso" lentil soup.it isatad salty though.

 

[donna]

When in hurry I buy Progresso Lentil Soup too.

 

[Schwallanscher]

She used brown lentils.

Here is recipe I found that similar to my Grandma's.

http://anitalianinmykitchen.com/Italian-lentil-soup/

thx

it's better than what my franconian mom does - you'll eat lentils in franconia for the same reasons at new years eve - i'ts said the lentils represent coins to fill your wallet in the next year - you also need to get drunk at the eve of epiphanias (jan 6th) which is a holiday in bavaria (catholic) to be healthy the next year, but it's mighty importand to not get drunk at home as this spells bad luck. (lol, probably an invention of innkeepers aproximately 300 years ago)

btw, i would taste it anyway as i taste everything but fried missionary

 

[nitrofd]

Here is a site that explains the difference in lentils.

www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-brown-gre-111139

 

[donna]

Thanks for posting. I was looking for a site on different lentils.

 

[Schwallanscher]

i've never seen green lentils