Mulligatawny Soup
Rich. Warming. Deeply comforting.
The Anglo-Indian soup with lentils, apple, and warming curry spices — colonial history in a bowl.
Ingredients
- 150 g red lentils
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 1 apple (Granny Smith, diced)
- 2 tbsp curry powder
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 1 L chicken stock
🍲 Mulligatawny Soup
From the Tamil milagu tannir (pepper water) to a rich, creamy soup — this dish has traveled centuries and it’s still incredible.
Multigatawny is one of those recipes with a wild history. British colonists in India loved the spiced broths they were served, brought the concept home, and it evolved into this — a rich, warming soup with lentils, apple, and curry spices that’s become a classic in its own right.
🧭 About This Dish
The name comes from Tamil: milagu (pepper) a
View full recipe on Sugar Spice Lab