Tastes Of India: Soups & Salads: Episode-01:- Chicken Sweet Corn Soup

Chicken Sweet Corn Soup

A nutritious and filling alternative to heavy meals. This soup is a favourite almost in every household across the nation. Soup is such a food which can be taken at any time and it's considered to be healthy and digestible. The ingredients are easily available and cooking takes hardly any time.

Today I am going to present a variant of soup which is delicate and heavy at the same time. The process is the easiest of all available on the internet.

Serves....................... 4
Calories per serving..160
Cooking time.............9:30 mins.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup chopped chicken
• 1 can sweet corn
• 3 cups water
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 1 tsp butter
• 1/2 cup toned milk
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 1/4 tsp garam (hot) masala (a mixture of spices) powder
• salt and black pepper powder (to taste)
• 1 tsp cream
• few spring onions for garnishing (optional)

Method:

• Place butter in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 100% power for 30 secs.

• Add chicken pieces, 3 cups of water, salt, garam masala and put microwave at 80% power for 3-4 mins. Allow to stand for 5 mins.

• Separate the chicken pieces from the stock.

• Add toned milk, sweet corn and cornflour (mixed in 1/2 cup cold water) to the stock. Microwave for 5-6 mins. at 100% power or till the corn is tender.

• Add the microwaved chicken pieces, soya sauce. Microwave for 1 min. at 100% power. Garnish with spring onions, lightly beaten cream and serve hot.

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N.B.:- Chopped vegetables like carrot, cabbage, mushrooms, beans, etc. can be used instead of chicken to make Vegetable Stock.

I tried to make this recipe as simple and short as I could. This is my first recipe tried at home especially for microwave cooking items. I hope you guys will surely enjoy reading and preparing this recipe as much I did making.

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