Ingredients

• Goat or Lamb's legs - 6
• Onion paste - 2 tbsp
• Tomato paste - 2 tsp
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Coconut paste - 2 tsp
• Dhania powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Mint leaves - 1/2 (bunch finely chopped)
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Water - as much to immerse the legs
• Oil - 3 tsp
• 4 - whole green chillies, sauteed in 1 tsp ghee or butter for garnishing
• Whole garam masala:
• 2 - bay leaves
• 2 - black cardamom
• 2 - cloves
• 2 - cardamom
• 1 - cinnamon

How to Make Aattu Kaal Soup (Paaya)

• Clean and wash the legs.
• Cook it in a pressure cooker by immersing the legs in the water with 1/2 tsp of turmeric and salt for 20-25 minutes.
• Take a pan, heat oil in it on a medium-high flame. Add whole garam masala (bay leaves, cinnamon and two types of cardamom and cloves) and saute it for half a second.
• Then add onion paste and fry until light brown.
• Add turmeric, chilli and dhania powders, ginger-garlic paste and saute it for 1 minute.
• Then add coconut paste and stir continuously.
• Now add legs (Cooked and reserving the remaining liquid) and tomato paste and fry for 1 minute.
• Add this mixture to the pressure cooker with the remaining liquid from earlier and salt and allow it to cook for 1-2 whistles until tender.
• Once cool, remove the lid and stir in mint leaves, garam masala powder, lemon juice. Check the consistency, it should be that of a soup.
• Check the salt.
• Finally garish it with sauteed green chillies in ghee or butter.
• Serve hot piping soup with aappams, iddiappams, home made naans or Malabar parathas.