Soup kambing is a common dish often sold by Indian sellers around Singapore. It is a made up of mutton and lots of herbs and spice.
What we need
1 teaspoon of coriander powder
Methods:
1) Rinse the meats thoroughly and set it to boil for at least 1 hour.
Roles of Ingredients
Mutton meat: The bulk of the dish. Gives chewy and juicy texture to food after undergoing initial prolonged boiling . Meat become tender during moist heat cooking by the conversion of collagen to gelatin.
Do you know?
Some recipes even call for the tongue or the brain of the cow to be used. Nice.
Garlic: Contains a compound called allicin which helps fight infections and prevent cancer. Adds a tangy taste to dish through giving a pungent flavour . Completes flavour profile of dish.
Do you know?
Exhausted Egyptian slaves were fed garlic to help them summon up enough energy to continue building the pyramids
Onion: Also contain allicin. Reinforces the meat savoury flavour. Contributes the overall 'gravy' aroma due compounds present.
Ginger: Contains many nutritional benefits such as promoting good digestive health and quelling nausea. It also acts as a natural blood thinner which prevents excessive blood clotting in arteries and lowers the risk of stroke or heart attack. Contributes to refreshing aroma .
Water: Acts as a medium to soubilize the collagen in the meat to tenderize the meat.
Candlenut: Used as taste enhancer due to its nutty and slight meaty flavour. Brings a thicker consistency to the dish. Often substituted with monosodium glutamate in modern societies.
Do you know?
Traditionally Indonesians use candlenuts oil to prevent hair loss and to stimulate hair growth.
Lemongrass: Used mainly for its distinctive citrus aroma. Gives an intense lemon flavour with a slight ginger-ish flavour. Often used with coconut milk-added dishes.
Do you know?
I am allergic to excessive intake of lemongrass. haha. Really really
Coriander powder: It is also a key spice in hot spice powder.
Do you know?
Coriander fruits are recommended in curing anorexia, dyspepsia, intestinal worms, dysfunctions of the mammal glands and abdominal pains.
Fennel powder: Provides a sweet aroma. Also acts as a major spice.
Do you know?
In India, the seeds are included in the after-dinner chew of betel leaf as a digestive as well as a breath freshener on their own or sugar-coated and colored.
Cumin powder: Bring out the sweetness in the dish. Known to heal digestive ailments such as morning sickness, diarrhea, flatulence and other digestive ailments.
Do you know?
In the Middle Ages, cumin was one of the most common spices. It was thought to promote love and fidelity. People carried it to weddings and walked around with it with their pockets. Married soldiers brought along a fresh baked loaf of cumin bread when leaving for wars.. It was reputed to keep lovers and chickens from wandering.
Potato: High in potassium, vitamins and carbohydrate. Often used to absorb excess moisture in stews.
Cinnamon sticks: Gives aroma to dish.
Do you know?
In ancient Rome, it is common for people to add a large amount of cinnamon to the funeral pyre of dead people to mask the scent of her body burning
Cloves: Gives aroma to dish.
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