Recipe for Goan Macaroni Soup
Recipe for Goan Macaroni Soup
Piping Hot Macaroni Soup for the Head Bangers and Nose Runners. This soup is my 5 yo Niece, Sian's favourite and she calls it Tomato soup because she sees the Tomato pieces floating in the soup(so cute:)).There is this tradition at most Goan Homes where this particular soup is a 11 AM Mid-meal snack especially during holidays, where all the kids are given this Macaroni Soup. Some people also call this 'Letri' Soup because instead of Macaroni, small alphabet shaped Pasta/Macaroni is used and is a Super Hit among kids.My Mum makes this Soup so often. This is also my Bitter Better's favourite Soup. You give him two bowls of this for Dinner and he's sorted. And if there are Potatoes in the Soup, I'm treated like the Best Wife in the World! haha..We've been enjoying this Soup forever and we can never get bored of it. Here's how I make it.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Room Temperature Water or Vegetable or Chicken Stock
- 1/2 Tspn oil(if you're using chicken stock, not necessary to use oil)
- 1/2 cup Macaroni or Alphabets(you can add moreif you like
- 3 Veg or Chicken stock Cubes(approx 20gms)
- 1 Tspn Sea Salt or 1/2 Tspn Table Salt
- 1 Medium sized Onion(chopped fine)
- 1 Medium sized Tomato(chopped fine)
- 1 Medium sized Potato(cut into small cubes)
- 1/2 Tspn Turmeric Powder(optional)
- 2" Ginger (either grated crushed or cutinto small pieces) – optional
- 2 Garlic cloves (either grated, crushed or cut intosmall pieces) – optional
- 2 sprigs Coriander(chopped fine) – optional
- 1 Green Chilly(chopped Fine – optional
Instructions
- In a vessel add all the ingredients except the Potato
- Place the vessel on High flame and let the Soup boil. After the water begins to boil, mark around 10 minutes and then add the potatoes
- Check for salt or cubes and add more if you like
- As soon as the Potatoes and Macaroni are ready,turn off the flame and enjoy this Simple Hot Soup and Shoo that stubborn Cold and Cough Away!!!!
Notes
- Turmeric, Ginger, Garlic, Chilly and Coriander are all optional and my Mum doesn't add this when she makes it. But I do sometimes when we have a cold or cough. These ingredients act as home remedies to cure the cold. But without these ingredients too, the soup tastes equally Yummm!
- The oil help the Macaroni not to stick to the vessel. If using Chicken stock, do not use oil as the skin of the chicken releases it natural oil and fat when boiled
- Macaroni doubles in size once boiled so be careful as to how much you're adding into the soup. It may look less in the beginning and you may be tempted to add more. But as they get cooked, the get bigger in size