Attukal Soup / Paya Soup and Stew / Attukal Stew for Appam and Idiyappam / Lamb trotters Soup and Stew

Introduction:

 Attukal soup/ Paya soup is a tasty and healthy soup. Usually the goat legs are slow cooked in an earthen pot for hours. To fasten the process, this recipe is prepared in an easy pressure cooking method with simple ingredients. Attukal is called as lamb trotters, Paya, goat legs…Paya means legs in Urdu…It can be served as an appetizer or a light meal …

Attukal stew / Paya stew /Lamb trotters stew is a mild stew perfect with Appam (hoppers), Idiyappam (string hoppers). The same Attukal soup recipe is followed to make this stew, with the addition of few more ingredients... Do try these recipes and give us your feedback….

Health benefits of Attukal soup / Paya soup:

• Strengthens bones and teeth due to its richness in calcium
• Improves immunity against cold and other illnesses
• Relieves joint pain
• Enhances healthy skin
• It is rich in protein, magnesium, phosphorus,vitamin D, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese....

	Cuisine: Indian
	Recipe category: side dish, soup, mutton
	Prep time: 20 mins
	Cooking time: 1 hour
	Serves: 5
Ingredients:
Attukal / Lamb trotters	4 (washed and cleaned)
For soup and stew:
Small onions / shallots	7 sliced
Tomatoes (medium)	2 sliced
Green chillies	2 (broken into half – only for preparing stew)
Turmeric powder	1 tsp
Cinnamon	2 small pieces
Cloves	3
Pepper	1/2 tbsp
Coriander seeds / dhaniya	1/2 tbsp
Cumin seeds / jeera	1 tsp
Fennel seeds / Sombu	1/2 tsp
Ginger	2 inch piece (crushed)
Garlic	7 cloves
Few curry leaves
Few Coriander leaves
Water	6 cups
Salt	to taste
Pepper powder	according to your taste
Lime juice	according to your taste
For stew:
Thick coconut milk	2 cups
Tempering:
Oil	1 tbsp
Fennel seeds / sombu	1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds / jeera	1/2 tsp
Small onions / shallots	4 sliced
Few curry leaves
Garnishing:
Chopped coriander leaves

Method:

1. Preparing soup:
2. Wash and clean the lamb trotters. Add this into a large cooker pan
3. Add shallots, tomatoes, green chillies (do not add-if making soup), turmeric powder, cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, pepper, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, coriander leaves and water
4. Close cooker and cook (3 whistles on high flame and 40 mins on low flame)
5. Once the steam releases on its own add salt, pepper powder, lime juice according to your taste
6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve
7. Preparing stew:
8. To the prepared soup add 2 cups of thick coconut milk. Simmer for 2 minutes
9. Adjust pepper powder, salt, lime juice according to taste
10. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves
11. Serve with appam (hoppers) or Idiyappam (string hoppers)