Mutton Bone Soup

Mutton Bone Soup: Selvi
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Mutton - 1/4 kg
sambar onion - 15 sliced
tomato- 3 medium size,chopped
ginger-garlic paste - 1 tblsp
salt- reqd
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
pepper -jeera - 1 1/2 tsp coarsely powdered
pattai (cinnamon)- 1" 2pcs
elaichi - 2 pcs
cloves - 4 pcs
saunf - 1/4 tsp
In a pressure pan, add a tsp of ghee, in that add cinnamon,cloves, elachi, saunf once it pops then add the sliced onions, saute for a minute. Now add a handful of curry leaves, pudhina, coriander leaves(altogether one handful). saute for 2 to 3 minutes. once the flavour comes then add ginger-garlic paste keep stirring so that it mix nicely with onions. Then add mutton bone pieces stir for 2 -3 minutes. Then add tomato chopped, turmeric pdr, pepper-jeera pdr, coconut milk pdr - 1 tblsp, stir nicely till the tomato should mash , then add kalani water 4 cups (kalani water is nothing but, usually we soak the cooking rice for atleast 1/2 hour, the first water we will not use, then wash the rice with some more water, that water will be the kalani water) once it comes to boils, add reqd salt. close the pressure pan and allow it to cook in the slow fire for 5 whistles. After the pressure is realsed check for salt and pepper, if needed we can add at the time of serving. This soup is very good for cold, cough , pregnant ladies and feeding mothers.

Note: add two table spoons of rice and water instead of kalani water.
kalani water- the water in which we soak our cooking rice. Especially u get nice kalani water from ponni boiled rice. Basmati u donot get kalani water.