Mulligatawny - Quick, Curried Soup Using Trader Joe's Ingredients
By: Deana Gunn
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010 - 12:51pm

Ingredients




1 cup (14.5- oz) container Trader Joe's Mirepoix, or 1 each chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil
1 boneless chicken breast, diced
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 jar (15- oz) Trader Joe's Masala Simmer Sauce
1 can (14.5- oz) diced tomatoes with no salt added
1/2 cup plain yogurt such as Trader Joe's Plain Cream Line Yogurt
1 cup pouch frozen Trader Joe's Organic Jasmine Rice, or 2 cooked rice

Preparation

1 In a medium pot over high heat, add oil and sauté mirepoix for 4 minutes.  Add chicken and brown for an additional minute. 2 Add applesauce, Masala Simmer Sauce, and tomato. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.  Meanwhile prepare frozen rice according to package instructions (3 minutes in microwave). 3 Take out ½ cup of soup and slowly stir into yogurt (this will temper the yogurt) and then add mixture back into soup, stirring well.  This soup is meant to be thick, but if you’d like it thinner, add water or broth. 4 Place a scoop of rice in each bowl, add soup, and top with a little more rice.

About


The Mulligatawny recipe below is from The Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook: Dinner’s Done! The first time most of us heard of mulligatawny was on Seinfeld’s “Soup Nazi” episode, as Kramer’s favorite soup.  Remember that one?  People stood nervously in line, and if anyone broke the rules, the stern chef shouted, “No soup for you!” 
No wonder people were willing to wait in line for this fantastic soup of vegetables, sweet apples, mild curry, and creamy yogurt.  Traditional mulligatawny literally takes all day to make, but we whip up a lightning-fast version using prepared mirepoix, a ready-made curry sauce, and all-natural applesauce.  The soup is mild enough that kids will love eating it as much as they’ll love saying the name.  If you prefer your mulligatawny with more heat, simply add chili oil, hot sauce, or red pepper flakes to taste.  As usual, the ingredients can all be found at Trader Joe’s and capitalized ingredients are specific Trader Joe’s products.  If you’re not near a Trader Joe’s, you can substitute your favorite generic equivalent.