Soup Nazi Mulligatawny (Indian) Soup

CountryLady's Note:

They say that the Soup Nazi's restaurant in New York City makes the world's best soup. If you prefer a carnivor's version of mulligatawny soup, try Mulligatawny (Indian) Soup ( Beef ).

• Total Time: 5 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 16 cups water
• 6 cups chicken broth or 6 cups vegetable broth
• 2 potatoes , peeled &, sliced
• 2 carrots , peeled & sliced
• 2 stalks celery , with tops
• ½ eggplant , peeled & diced
• 1 medium onion , chopped
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 2⁄3; cup roasted red pepper , diced
• ½ cup tomato sauce
• ½ cup shelled pistachios
• ½ cup roasted cashews
• ½ cup chopped Italian parsley
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon curry powder
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 dash marjoram
• 1 dash nutmeg

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a very large pot.
2. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 4-5 hours or until soup has reduced by more than half.
3. Stir occasionally for the first few hours, but stir often in the last hour to prevent the mixture from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
4. The edges of the potatoes should become more rounded, and the nuts will soften.

Reviews

[Chef #1254405]

I was really hoping this would be good. It has so many great ingredients. Found it to taste like a sweet Campbells vegetable soup. Yuck. Did I miss something? Followed the recipe exactly.

[chia]

this is a very good, hearty vegetarian meal.

[Chef #165217]

This recipe was created by Todd Wilbur for his book "The Best of Top Secret Recipes" (Penguin/Putnam 2003)