Chicken Corn Soup - Home style !!

Enjoy this healthy and nutritious chicken soup with your favourite bread.

Ingredients :

For Chicken Broth :

1. Chicken, cleaned - 750 gms 
2. Water - 10 cups
3. Onion, big sized - 2 nos
4. Green chillies - 2 nos
5. Garlic - 7 pods
6. Bay leaf - 2 no
7. Cloves - 3 nos
8. Star anise -  1
9. Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Ginger, chopped - 1 inch 
11. Spring onions - handful
12. Carrot - 1 small sized
13. Cabbage - 1/4 cup

Mix all the ingredients together and bring it to boil until the chicken broth is half the quantity (Around 5 cups).

For soup :

1. Chicken broth - 5 cups
2. Corn kernels - 1/4 cup
3. Salt to taste
4. Black pepper powder
5. Spring onions for garnishing
6. Lemon juice
7. Coriander leaves for garnishing
8. Egg white - 1 no (optional)
9. Cornflour (optional)  - 1/2 tsp

Method :

1.  Filter the chicken broth and remove the chicken pieces separately from other ingredients.  Slowly remove and shred the chicken pieces from its bone.   Keep aside.

2.  Now bring the clear chicken broth to boil.  Add corn kernels and salt to taste.  Cook till done.

3.  Garnish it with black pepper powder, coriander leaves, spring onions(green part) and lemon juice.

Serve warm.

Note :

1.  If you wish to use egg whites :  Beat the egg whites and slowly pour them in the soup once the corn is cooked.  Keep stirring continuously while the soup is cooking.

2.  If you want the soup to be thick  :  Dissolve the cornflour in water and slowly add them in the soup  , once the corn is cooked thoroughly.