Rosy Aunty's Chicken Soup Recipe

              The best recipe's are the ones's learnt from your grandmother, mom or someone first hand. Although I myself learn several recipes from YouTube. My favorite's are the one's I learn't or picked up from people.This recipe I learnt from Rosy Aunty who is a neighbor. She is my mums age and is originally from China. But if you hear her talk in Kannada and Hindi you will be surprised to the extent she has adapted to our culture.
              It is a perfect mix of health and taste. Also good when you are down with cold.Since I am the impatient cook I will not give a formula based approach. I think there is never one single way to cook a dish. Everyone is open to adaptations and variations.

Chicken soup with noodles

Ingredients (serving for two):

1) Garlic - 10 cloves or more.

2) Chicken - 300 grams

3) Carrot - 1 piece

4) Tomato - 1 medium sized

5) Coriander leaves

6) Any instant noodles - Maggie/ Tom Ramen

7) Salt and Pepper to taste

8) Egg - 1

Method:

1) Wash the chicken and keep is separately. Note for the soup you can select the bony pieces. Neck etc.

2) Peal and dice a medium sized carrot

3) Chop a tomato to medium pieces

4) Take almost 10 big cloves of pealed garlic and slice them. More the merrier.

5) In a pressure cooker add 2 table spoons of vegetable oil

6) When the oil is slightly hot add the garlic cloves and fry till the aroma of garlic fills the house. They have to be fried till slightly brown

7) To the garlic add the chicken pieces

8) Add salt and pepper to taste and fry the chicken for 3 to 4 minutes

9) Add the carrots and the tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes are done

10) Add 2 to 3 cups of water and close the lid of the pressure cooker and wait for 3 to 4 whistles

11) Open the lid. The next step is operational and depends on individual taste

12) Either drain out the solid vegetables and chicken pieces from the juice or keep the carrot and the chicken pieces (remember to remove the bones).

13) Cook the soup on high flame. Add water if required.Adjust salt and pepper to taste

14) Break an egg in a bowl and it. Add the egg is the boiling soup from top

15) Before serving add chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

16) Cook instant noodles separately with some salt in boiling water

17) Add the boiled and drained noodles in the soup while serving