Lamb Leg Soup

Whenever i think of soup in non vegetarian category, my choice is aatukkaal soup - a spicy soup of leg of lamb. During my school and college days whenever we suffer from cold my mom prepare this for me and my brother and compulsorily we have to drink it. My mom starts preparation of this soup before night. Before she goes to bed she pressure cook the bones and leave it overnight. Next day morning after our breakfast we have to drink this. This is the most common natural remedies for cold symptoms. My mom learnt this recipe from her mother and i learnt from my mom. This is very tasty and this is a natural remedies for cough, cold, strengthening bones...... but the fat content is high..... so who have high cholesterol level should avoid this.

Val Bean Mutton Keema

Ingredients
750 gms Keema
150 gms Val Bean (Avarai Kottai/ Mochai)
3 Onions
8 Tomatoes
4 cinnamon
3 Cloves
4 Green chillies
10 to 12 pods of garlic
1 small piece Ginger
1 to 2 tsp Chilli powder
3 tsp corriander powder
1 cup Mint leaves(Small cup)
1 cup Corriander leaves
2 tsp Grated Coconut
7 to 8 tsp of Oil
Salt

Method
Grind cinnamon,cloves, garlic, ginger to a fine paste, then add green chilly, corriander leaves to that and grind it.
Grind coconut separately.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add chopped onions and fry until onion turns golden brown. Then add mint leaves to it and fry for 2 min. Add chopped tomatoes and saute till oil comes out separately. Add grinded cinnamon paste and fry till raw smell goes off. Now add keema and val bean(avarai kottai) to it. Add chilli and corriander powder and stir well. Last add coconut paste to it. If needed add 1 small cup of water. Close the cooker and pressure cook for 8 to 10 whistles. Serve hot with rice and chappathi.