Naatu kozhi is nothing but country chicken. Soup made using country chicken is very flavorful. This is an excellent rasam broth you can make for your family. Its an excellent way to clear your cold. Its very comforting to drink when you are not keeping well and very easy to digest too. We will be using chicken bones with little flesh. I have used the carcass and wings of a whole chicken for this recipe.
This is an extremely simple recipe with one little step. That is making your own home made rasam powder. This non-veg rasam powder is the main ingredient that flavors the Naatu Kozhi Rasam / Chicken Rasam. We will be roasting all the ingredients for rasam powder in a teaspoon of ghee. Once the seeds are roasted, its ground to a fine powder and added to the chicken soup.
Here is how to make naatu kozhi rasam / chicken soup. Hope you enjoy this video!
There are three steps in making this naatu kozhi rasam / chicken soup.
- Making the rasam powder
- Cooking the chicken bones to make stock
- Tempering the rasam
Cooking the chicken bones in a pressure cooker is the easiest way to make chicken stock. The bones get completely cooked and all the flavors gets released into the stock. We use turmeric and salt for making the stock for this naatu kozhi rasam / chicken soup.
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds ( sombu )
- 5-6 dried red chillies
- 350 grams chicken bones with little meat
- (I used the chicken carcass bones of a whole chicken and wings)
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1½ litre water
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 sprigs curry leaves
- 1 medium sized onion, chopped
- 1 medium sized tomato, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Roast all the ingredients listed under rasam powder in a teaspoon of ghee until slightly brown and fragrant. Grind the mixture to a very fine powder. You may have to pulse it several times to get a fine powder. Use a heavy duty mixie or a spice grinder.
- Boil the chicken bones with turmeric, salt and water for 10 minutes in a pressure cooker. Switch off the flame and let the pressure from the cooker release naturally,
- Strain the stock and remove the chicken from the bones. Discard the bones. Set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan and add in the cumin seeds and curry leaves.
- Add in the chopped onions and fry for a couple of minutes.
- Add in the chopped tomatoes and the salt. Saute till the tomatoes are cooked.
- Add in the ground rasam powder and saute for a couple of minutes.
- Add in the shredded chicken and mix well.
- Add in the strained stock and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Serve the soup hot.
Hi Suguna,
I tried this recipe today. It came out so good. I am also from proud Kongunadu (Coimbatore).
Thanks a lot for your recipes & sharing.
Ashok
Thank you Ashok!
Hi Suguna,
This is fabulous dish after very long time I had a very tasty soup I have been talking about this soup for 3 days whomever I saw . It reminds our kongunadu hotel taste even better than our ca hotels soups .
Thank you very much!
Suguna, this was delicious. I substitutes half a litre of the water with tamarind water which made the rasam a little sour. Thanks for sharing! I look forward to trying other recipes.
Thank you Pavi!
Very nice recipe. I came out well for me. Thanks
Thank you!
I made this a few days back when everyone was down with a cold – it turned out so good! Really enjoyed it. I love your website for authentic kongunaad recipes!
Thank you
I made this two days ago.Everyone loved this soup.Thanks a lot for the yummy recipes.
Thank you so much. Glad everyone liked the soup!