Trotter Soup

Serves 2

We need:
1 mutton trotter broken up in three places
3 medium sized onions
Ginger
10 cloves garlic
1 Bunch Coriander preferably with root
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 table spoons Soya Sauce

Procedure:

1. Clean trotter and boil in 2 cups water for about 45 mins in pressure cooker on low flame.

2. Let the cooker cool till it opens on it's own. Add water to the stock in case it has reduced to make it about 3 cups of stock. At this point, you may remove the gelatenous bits off of the bone and discard the bone if you wish. I just let it be in there and discard only dangerous shards. the rest of the bone can yield marrow.

3. Smash about 5 cloves of garlic and add to the stock. But the stock back on the burner and start it again.

4. Peel and slice the onions. Smash the rest of the garlic. In a separate pan, heat a tablespoon of oil and add the chooped onion and garlic. Fry while stirring occasionally till the onion begins to brown. Add this to the stock.

5. Add soya sauce, pepper and salt to the bubbling stock. Clean the coriander with the roots and chop finely including the stalk. Add to the soup. Add about 2 tablespoons of grated or ground ginger.

6. Boil till the onion goes completely mushy and the soup starts to look thicker. The soup is ready.