Preparation Time : 45 minutes
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Serving : 6 members
Description
Aattu kaal soup as we call at home which means trotters soup / goats leg soup . This recipe is an authentic family classic very own to my mothers place which is nearly a pale black in colour ( the colour might put you of but i assure you it tastes heavenly ), very spicy where you feel the slow burn singing the sides of your tongue and less fat constant compared to my in – laws place trotters soup .at my In – laws place , the trotters soup is a pale yellow colour with ground poppy seeds added to it , garnished with crushed pepper and cumin seeds . very minimally spiced and mildly flavoured but a lot more fatty . I have already posted the recipe of my in – laws place trotters soup . Once on a holiday to U.K , was at my friends place ( baby as we call her / meera aboo Thamby ) . She served us totters soup for dinner . I was so surprised to see the trotters there , as each piece was so big and had much more flesh compared to what we get in India . I did ask her if these are cows trotters as it was so fleshy , big and more sticky . Those were the best trotters I have had till date . Her second son akil was a kid about 6 years and i remember , he kept asking ” I want jelly meat ” …. I don’t know how many of you remember the story about what my brother had gone through because of this trotters soup with my son on my previous post on trotters soup . Well this is the soup that put him into such an situation .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Cleaned Trotters ( goats legs ) | 4 legs ( each leg cut into 3 pieces ) |
| Garlic | 100 grams cut into rounds |
| Small onion | one hand full cut into rounds + 5 chopped to fry and season |
| Ghee | 2 tablespoons |
| Cinnamon | 1 inch piece |
| Cloves | 2 |
| Coriander powder | 1 tablespoon |
| Turmeric powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Cumin powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Black Pepper powder | 3 teaspoon or to taste |
| Salt | to taste |
| Coriander leaves | few chopped |
Method
- Pressure cook the trotters along with turmeric powder , coriander power , cumin powder , pepper powder , small onions and garlic in low flame for 10 -15 whistles with water 1/2 inch above the trotters .
- The trotters flesh should fall apart from the bones and while eating the flesh should dissolve in your mouth .
- Add salt , taste and adjust . Heat ghee , add cinnamon , cloves and small onions .
- Sauté for a minute until the onions are brown and pour over the trotters soup .
- Mix well , garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with arisi maavu rotti ( rice flour pathiri / roti ) .
