Special Walnut Soup
Ingredients:
Cooking time :35 minus. Serving : 2 persons
Walnuts 50 gms
Milk 1/4 Cup
Butter 2 small tbsp
Onion 1 small
Flour 11/2 tbsp
Salt
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
Egg yolk 1
Cream 4 tsp
Method:
Remove as much skin as possible from the walnuts and grind them
either manually or in an electric blender. You will need to keep
adding a little water to get a smooth paste.Keep aside the milk but
don't let it come to a boil. Pour it over the walnut paste and leave
to infuse for at least half an hour.
Melt the butter in a thick-bottomed pan.Add the onion and saute
gently till it is softened.Add the flour and stirring continuously cook for about 3 minutes till the flour loses its raw smell. Add the milk, salt and pepper powder.Stir well and heat.Do not boil.Mix together the yolk and cream.Pour a litte hot soup on to it and stir well.Then pour it all back into the pan on the fire and cook stirring continuously. Cook till thickened.
Serve hot before luch or dinner.
---Urmil Kapoor.