Re: soup recipes
Chicken stock desi version:
One chicken skinned. Put it in a stockpot. Add one whole onion, one whole garlic about 15 cloves, one big thing of ginger just peeled. Don't bother cutting. Cloves and black peppercorns. Zeera, sabut dhania, saunf and salt (one tablespoon of everything) Put in 15 cups of water. Cook it till the water has reduced to 7 cups. You have yummy chicken stock. You can use it to make pulao, chicken yakhni. Add it to daals, shorbas. It will turn yur dish delicious.
Now here is the American version:
one chicken, skinned. Put peeled carrots, shallots, onions, garlic, ginger, celery, tomatoes. Only a teaspoon of black pepper and tablespoon of salt. Same 15 cups of water and cook it till chicken is done and water has been reduced to 7 cups. Your yummy chicken broth is ready.
Enjoy!