Clear chicken soup

Ingredients Chicken bones: 500gm Boneless chicken: 125 gm Onion : 1 Garlic: 4 to 6 cloves Tamarind:1/2 Tomato: 1 Curry leaves: 16 to 20 Salt to taste Turmeric powder: ½ tsp Red chilli powder: 1 tsp Asafoetida: ¼ tsp Gram flour(besan) 2 tbsp Coconut Scraped: ½ cup Lemon juice: 1 tbsp Method Clean and wash chicken bones and boneless chicken. Peel, wash and roughly chop onion and garlic. Soak tamarind in quarter cup warm water remove the pulp strain and reserve. Wash and roughly chop the tomato and curry leaves. Boil the chicken bones in about seven to eight cups water, skim the scum from the surface and simmer for ten minutes. Add roughly, chopped onion, garlic, tamarind pulp, tomatoes, boneless chicken, salt and turmeric powder red chilli powder, asafetida and chopped curry leaves. Continue to simmer on medium heat for another 15 minutes. Remove cooked boneless chicken, cool and chop into bite sized pieces. Blend besan in quarter cup water and mix into the simmering soup. Add scraped coconut cover and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes. Strain soup, pressing the residue well to extract the entire flavor. Reheat the soup add chopped chicken, adjust the seasoning, mix in lemon juice and serve piping hot. India today November 2008