Ingredients

How to make it

  • FIRST MAKE THE CHICKEN STOCK
  • PLACE THE CHICKEN QUARTERS , ONION, CARROTS, CELERY, AND PEPPERCORNS IN A LARGE POT…
  • POUR IN WATER AND SLOWLY BRING TO A BOIL.
  • SKIM THE SURFACE OF THE STOCKIF NECESSARY, THEN LOWER THE HEAT .COVER AND SIMMER 1 HOUR…..
  • STRAIN THE CHICKEN STOCKINTO A CLEAN BOWL DISCARDING THE VEGETABLES.
  • SKIN AND BONE THE CHICKEN PIECES AND CUT INTO STRIPS OR CHUNKS.
  • SKIN THE PUMPKIN AND REMOVE ALL SEEDS AND PITH, SO YOU HAVE ABOUT 12 OUNCES ( 350 G) OF FLESH
  • CUT INTO CUBES ABOUT 1 INCH…..
  • HEAT THE OIL AND BUTTER IN A PAN AND FRY THE CARDAMON PODS FOR 2- 3 MINUTES UNTIL SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN .
  • ADD THE LEEKS AND PUMPKIN COOK STIRRING FOR 3 - 4 MINUTES OVER A MEDIUM HEAT, COVER AND SWEAT FOR 5 MINUTES MORE OR UNITL THE PUMPKIN IS QUITE SOFT STIRRING ONCE OR TWICE ……
  • MEASURE OUT 2 1/2- CUPS ( 600 ML) OF THE STOCK AND ADD IT TO THE PUMPKIN MIXTURE.
  • BRING TO A BOIL AGAIN , THEN LOWER THE HEAT, COVER AND SIMMER GENTLY FOR 10- 15 MINUTES, UNTIL THE PUMPKIN IS SOFT
  • POUR THE REMAINING STOCK INTO A MEASURING CUP AND ADD ENOUGH WATER TO MAKE 1 1/4-CUPS ( 300 ML)
  • DRAIN THE RICE AND PUT IT INTO THE PAN
  • POUR IN THE STOCK BRING IT TO A BOIL, THEN SIMMER FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE RICE IS TENDER
  • ADD THE SEASONINGS TO TASTE……….
  • REMOVE THE CARDAMON PODS, THEN PROCESS THE SOUP IN A BLENDER OR FOOD PROCESSOR UNTIL SMOOTH
  • POUR BACK INTO A CLEAN PAN AND STIR IN THE MILK, CHICKEN AND RICE WITH ANY STOCK THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABSORBED .
  • HEAT UNTIL SIMMERING
  • GARNISH WITH THE STRIPS OF ORANGE RIND AND FRESHLY GROUND BLACK PEPPER AND SERVE IT WITH A GRANARY OR WHOLEMEAL BREAD……..
  • SERVES 4.………

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    " It was excellent "
    frodo ate it and said...
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    " It was excellent "
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    As Lawrence Welk used to say: "wunnerful, wunnerful!"

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