Paya Soup

Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 30-40 minutes
Serve 2-4
Ingredients
For Cleaning Paya
Water, Paneer
2 tsp Vinegar, Sirka
Salt to taste, Namak swadanusar
1 kg Lamb Trotters cut into ½ inch pieces 2, Paya
For Soup
1 tbsp Oil, Tel
2 tbsp Ghee, Ghee
1 Bay leaf, Tejpat
2 Green cardamom, Hari ilaychi
2 Black cardamom, Badi ilaychi
2 Cloves, Laung 5-6 Black peppercorns, kali mirch ke dane
2 large Onion, slice, Pyaj
2 Green chillies, Hari mirch
½ inch Ginger, peeled, slice, Adrak
2-3 Garlic cloves, Lahsun
few Coriander steam, Dhaniya ke dant
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Curd Mixture, Taiyar kiya hua mishran
Salt to taste, Namak swadanusar
¼ tsp Turmeric powder, Haldi powder
3-4 cups Water, Pani
For Curd Mixture
⅓ cup Curd, beaten, dahi
½ tbsp Coriander powder, Dhaniya powder
½ tsp Turmeric powder, Haldi powder
½ tsp Degi red chilli powder, Degi laal mirch powder
For Tadka
2-3 tbsp Ghee, Ghee
2-4 Cloves, Laung
A pinch of asafoetida, Heeng
For Garnish
1 inch Ginger, julienned, Adrak
2 Green chillies, without seeds, finely chopped, Hari mirch
Fried Onion, Tala hua pyaj
Coriander steam, chopped, Dhaniya ke dant Lemon wedge, Nibu ki tukri Mint sprig, Pudina patta
Process
For Cleaning Paya
In a sauce pot, add water, vinegar, salt to taste and let the water come to a roaring boil. Add lamb trotters in it, and boil for two minutes. Once the trotters are clean, switch off the flame. Remove the trotters and keep aside for further use.
For Soup
Take a pressure cooker, add ghee, oil. Once it's hot, add bay leaf, black peppercorns. Add green cardamom, black cardamom, cloves and let it splutter well. Add onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli and saute it well. Once the onions turn pinkish in colour, add lamb trotters and saute them nicely til light brown in colour. Now, add prepared curd mixture and mix it well. Add salt to taste, turmeric powder, water and mix everything well. After that, cover it with the lid and take four to five whistles on medium flame. Once the paya is cooked well, turn off the flame. Open the lid and strain the soup in a large bowl and keep aside for further use. Now, pour the prepared tadka over the strain soup, add the lamb trotters and give it a stir. Put the prepared soup again in the handi and cook for 5 minutes till it boils. Transfer it into a soup bowl along with lamb trotters. Garnish it with coriander stem, fried onion, ginger, lemon wedge, mint leaves and serve hot.
For Curd Mixture
In a bowl, add curd, coriander powder, turmeric powder, degi red chilli powder and mix well. Keep aside for further use.
For Tadka
In a small pan, add ghee once it's hot, add cloves, asafoetida, let it splutter well.