Drumstick Soup Recipe

Drumstick soup, also called Murungakkai soup, is one of the healthiest soups you can enjoy on cold winter days. Drumsticks are rich in vitamins and antioxidants and help cure colds and flu, just like my drumstick leaf soup. Learn how to make delicious drumstick soup with step-by-step pictures and videos.

Drumstick soup

Healthy and nutritious drumstick soup that tastes so delicious. It is rich in iron and full of health benefits. This soup tastes great with toasted bread sticks. Drumsticks are rich in iron, so it is very healthy to consume this soup at least once a week. This is great for children and adults.

About Drumstick Soup (Murungakkai Soup)

Drumsticks are one of the healthy vegetables that you can include in your diet. It is rich in vitamins and antioxidants that help in curing colds and flu. The anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties of drumsticks help relieve asthma, coughs and other respiratory problems. Did you know that drumsticks and drumstick leaves are rich in iron and therefore it is important to include them in your daily diet?

Drumstick soup, also known as murungakkai, saijan ki phalli soup, has numerous health benefits. People and children avoid drumsticks because they are difficult to peel and eat. Therefore, this soup is a great way to incorporate drumsticks into your children’s diet. If you want another simple soup, check out my drumstick leaf soup.

This recipe uses drumsticks that are cooked and stripped of meat. For this soup, the pulp is fried with onions and garlic and ground into puree. There is no milk or cream added to the soup. The ground drumstick meat, together with onions and garlic, naturally creates the creamy texture.

If you consume this drumstick soup weekly, you will reap health benefits.

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Ingredients for drumstick soup

drumstick – Use young drumsticks with tender cores, which will cook faster and the meat will be easier to separate from the drumsticks. Drumsticks can be cooked in an open pot for 10 minutes. You can cook in the pressure cooker for 2 minutes.

Onions or shallots – Onions are fried with ghee to add flavor. You can also use shallots instead of onions.

Garlic – Use whole garlic cloves cooked in ghee for flavor. You can add more or less depending on how garlicky you want the soup to be.

Ghee – To make the soup even tastier, pure desi ghee is added.

spice powder – Cumin powder and pepper powder are the main flavors.

Hack for easy drumstick soup

In this recipe, I have shared a recipe that involves cooking the drumsticks separately and removing the meat from them. The meat is then pureed to form the base of the soup. But if you don’t have that much time, you can follow this simple trick for making drumstick soup.

Cut the leg into small pieces, cook it and put the whole leg, skin and all, in a blender. Puree until a smooth mixture is formed. Now you can strain the broth and prepare the soup. This method allows you to get the maximum flavor from the drumsticks, but the only downside is that the soup is thin. But flavors will still be there.

How to Make Drumstick Soup (Step by Step Pictures)

Cooking drumsticks

1) Take the leg and cut it in half so that the leg cooks faster. You can also cook the leg whole.

2) Take the leg into a saucepan or pressure cooker.

3) Cover with water. Add water to submerge the drumstick. This also makes drumstick broth.

4) Bring the drumstick to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes until the leg is completely cooked.

5)Now the legs are fully cooked. You can taste the leg to check if it is fully cooked.

Remove meat from drumstick

6) Pass the cooked leg through a sieve. Allow the leg to cool completely, this will make the peeling process easier.

7) Once the drumstick has cooled down enough to handle. Take a drumstick in your hand and use the spoon to scoop out the meat. The cooked drumstick meat can be easily scooped out with a spoon.

8) This is the outer skin of the drumstick, you can throw this away.

9) Place the drumstick meat in a separate bowl and reserve the cooking broth in a separate bowl.

Fry onions and garlic

10) Heat ghee in a pot. Add onions or shallots. Sauté the onions for 1 minute until golden brown.

11)Add peeled garlic cloves and mix well. Cook this for a few minutes.

13) Add the drumstick meat and mix once.

Grind drumstick soup

14) Place the cooked leg in a blender. We will grind it into a smooth puree.

15)You can add some of the drumstick broth to the cooked drumstick broth while grinding.

Prepare drumstick soup

16) Take the stick into a sauce pot. Bring it to a boil.

17) Add the drumstick puree to the broth. This puree naturally gives the soup a creamy consistency.

18) Mix well and cook for few minutes.

19)Add roasted cumin powder and mix well. This gives the soup a smoky flavor.

20) Season the soup with salt.

21) Add black pepper powder to taste.

22) Bring the soup to a boil. As the soup cooks, foam will form on the top.

23) Carefully remove the foam formed on top with a ladle and discard.

24)Discard the foam at the top.

25) Add coriander leaves and mix well.

26) Mix well. The drumstick soup is ready to serve.

27)Delicious drumstick soup is ready to serve.

Expert tips

Use tender drumsticks for flavor and texture. It also helps remove the pulp more easily.
Cut the leg into large pieces and halve it, which speeds up the cooking process.
You can also use shallots instead of onions. Garlic can be increased if you want the soup to have a hint of garlic.
Ghee adds a lot of flavor, but you can also use oil instead of ghee.

FAQ

What are the benefits of drumstick soup?

Is it good to eat drumsticks?

Drumsticks have tons of health benefits, which is good for us.

When should I drink drumstick soup?

It is best to have drumstick soup in the morning and afternoon for lunch. Drumstick soup is a soothing soup that is best consumed on winter and summer days.

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