Mulligatawny is a curry-flavoured soup of
Anglo-IndianAnglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry. The British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent ....
origin. It is sometimes incorrectly regarded as the national soup of India. However, it is also consumed in Sri Lanka.
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TamilTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in Malaysia, Mauritius and Réunion as well as emigrant communities around the world...
, "Mulligatawny" means "pepper water" ("Millagu" மிளகு means pepper and "Thanni" தண்ணீர் means water). Despite the name, however,
pepperBlack pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is a small drupe approximately five millimetres in diameter, dark red when fully mature, containing a single...
itself is not a vital ingredient. Rice and noodles are commonly served in the soup; the real dish the Anglo-Indians call "pepper water" is actually closer to Tamilian ரசம்-
rasamRasam, is a South Indian soup. It is prepared with tamarind juice or tomato, pepper and other spices. Lentils are added by some along with vegetables....
(pronounced Russ-um) than "mulligatawny".
There are many variations on the recipe for mulligatawny.
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Mulligatawny is a curry-flavoured soup of
Anglo-IndianAnglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry. The British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent ....
origin. It is sometimes incorrectly regarded as the national soup of India. However, it is also consumed in Sri Lanka.
Translated literally from
TamilTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in Malaysia, Mauritius and Réunion as well as emigrant communities around the world...
, "Mulligatawny" means "pepper water" ("Millagu" மிளகு means pepper and "Thanni" தண்ணீர் means water). Despite the name, however,
pepperBlack pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is a small drupe approximately five millimetres in diameter, dark red when fully mature, containing a single...
itself is not a vital ingredient. Rice and noodles are commonly served in the soup; the real dish the Anglo-Indians call "pepper water" is actually closer to Tamilian ரசம்-
rasamRasam, is a South Indian soup. It is prepared with tamarind juice or tomato, pepper and other spices. Lentils are added by some along with vegetables....
(pronounced Russ-um) than "mulligatawny".
There are many variations on the recipe for mulligatawny. Sometimes, the soup has a
turmericTurmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical South Asia and needs temperatures between 20°C and 30°C, and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive...
-like yellow colour and is garnished with
parsleyParsley is a bright green biennial herb, often used as spice. It is common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking...
and
chicken meatChicken is the meat derived from chicken. It is the most common type of poultry in the world, and is frequently prepared as food in a large number of different ways.- History :...
, or lamb meat, and is more soupy, which takes on its Anglo-Indian adaptation to be a thick, spicy meat soup.
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