Arabasi

Description

It is cooked usually in special days as New Year Eve in Central Anatolia Region. Turkey may be used intead of Chicken in some areas. Soup is served very hot. A spoon full of cooked cold batter is taken along with each spoon of soup. The combination of cold batter and hot-spicy soup has a special taste.

Ingredients

• all-purpose Flour - 200 g
• Salt - 2 teaspoons (12 g)
• Water - 3 cups
• Butter or margarine - 2 tablespoons (30 g)
• Tomato Paste - 2 tablespoons (30 g)
• chicken broth - 400 g
• Chicken meat (cooked) - 175 g
• Black Pepper - 1 teaspoon (2 g)
• Red Pepper - 3 g
• Lemon Juice - 2 tablespoons (30 g)

Directions

Sift flour in large Saucepan. Add salt and 1 2/3 cups of water, Blending well. Set aside. Put 2 1/2 of water in a saucepan. Bring to boil. Stir into flour-water mixture stirring constantly. Pour in a shallow pan 25 cm (1 inch) in diameter; cool. Cut into 2 cm (3/4 inch) cubes. Set aside. Melt margarine in a saucepan. Stir in flour blending well. Brown lightly for 5 minutes stirring occasionaly. Add 1 2/3 cups of water and Tomato Paste, mix well. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add Chicken broth and diced Chicken; stir. Season with salt and spices. Stir in Lemon Juice. Bring to boil and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Serve hot with cold batter.