Chicken Spinach Soup

Ingredients

• 1 boneless chicken breast
• 1 cup spinach puree
• 1 litre chicken stock
• 20 gms butter
• 2 inch ginger
• 1 garlic pod
• 1 medium onion
• 2 tbsps refined flour (maida)
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp black pepper powder + for sprinkling
• 1 tsp garammasala powder
• Juice of ¼ lemon

Method

1. Heat butter in a non-stick kadai.Crush ginger and add to the kadai.
2. Cut garlic pod horizontally and add to the kadai. Quarter onion, add to the kadai and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add refined flour and sauté for 2 minutes. Add chicken stock and chicken breast and let the mixture come to a boil.
4. Add salt, black pepper powder and garammasala powder and mix well. When the mixture boils, add spinach puree, mix well and cook for 10-12 minutes.
5. Remove the chicken breast and keep aside. Strain the soup in a bowl. Cut the chicken breast into small cubes and add to the soup.
6. Add lemon juice and mix well.
7. Transfer into serving bowl. Garnish with 1 garlic clove taken from the residue after straining the soup. Sprinkle some black pepper powder and serve hot.

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