Indian-Style Chicken Soup
1:0615 Jun 2026@annilravin
Warm up your soul with Chef Annil’s hearty Indian-Style Chicken Soup. This comforting recipe is highly versatile, making it the perfect way to use up leftover chicken parts like gizzards, bones, or drumsticks. By blooming classic whole spices like cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, and bay leaf in oil, Chef Annil coaxes out rich, aromatic base notes. Combined with ground cumin, coriander, turmeric, and a touch of heat from green chilies, this nutrient-dense soup is packed with vibrant vegetables like carrots, cauliflower, and potatoes. Nourishing, flavorful, and easy to make, it’s a complete bowl of comfort.
Indian-Style Chicken Soup
Ingredients
Method
- Heat a splash of oil in a wok.
- Add the dry spices (cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, and bay leaf) to bloom them first.
- Add the chopped onion, ginger paste, and garlic paste, and fry until fragrant.
- Stir in the marinated chicken parts.
- Snap a fresh green chili and add it to the mix.
- Add the sliced carrots and cauliflower florets.
- Add the pink Himalayan salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, and turmeric powder.
- Pour in 1 liter of water.
- Add the potatoes and an optional chicken stock cube for extra flavor.
- Simmer until cooked through and serve warm.
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