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HAPPINESS SOUP
Forgive the tweeness of the title, but this is a soup of such sunny, mood-enhancing yellowness that it overcomes even the most pervasively innate cynicism. To eat this is to feel cheered; even cooking it gives me a lift. It's incredibly easy to make, but that's not the clincher. This golden broth, rice-thickened and studded with a confetti dice of yellow courgettes and sprightly with lemon is pure joy. You only have to see it to believe it. And not surprisingly in some Middle-Eastern cultures, it is believed, in Claudia Roden's words, that 'eating yellow foods will result in laughter and happiness'. This, then, is a yellow soup to banish the blues.
Recipe posted by Nigella
Ingredients
- 500g yellow courgettes (2 large)
- Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 litre chicken or vegetable stock
- 100g basmati rice
- Maldon salt and pepper
Method
Serves: 4-6.
- Cut the courgettes - wash them by all means if you want, but don't bother to peel them - into 5mm rings, and then finely dice them. Put them into a pan with the lemon zest and oil, stir to coat, then cook on a gentle heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they've slightly softened.
- Stir in the turmeric and pour in the stock and lemon juice and then drop in the rice. And for the stock here, as usual I make up some bouillon concentrate with water; you could use vegetable stock if you prefer, but I love the mellow goldenness you get from chicken.
- Cook, uncovered, for 10-20 minutes, or just until the courgettes and rice are tender. Taste for seasoning.
- Leave to cool slightly before serving so that you eat the soup warm rather than hot.
Comments
After finally finding Yellow Courgettes i have now made a tried this recipe as i was dying to, and it didn't dissapoint. I did a bit of potching and have added the cheesy tortilla chips (well, made from chapatis) from the Corn Chowder recipe...Good!
Posted by Diz0702 on 19th May 2011 at 23.34