Challenge #31: Egg and lemon soup

[pseudomonas]

This is a dish I class as comfort food, and it's one from my mum. My mother doesn't just make soup, she believes in it. It's one of those things she checks up on — "have you been making any soup lately?". This soup is a bit of a departure from the vegetable-based norm.

Chop half an onion finely; sweat in a little oil until translucent. Add a handful of basmati rice, and keep frying until the rice is turning translucent too.
Add vegetable stock to the pan, and simmer until the rice is cooked.
Meanwhile, beat the juice of half a lemon with an egg.
When the rice is cooked, turn off the heat, and once the soup has come off the boil, gently stir the egg-and-lemon mixture in. It should thicken the soup; there might be a few strands of omelette formed, and that's OK too.

Serves one fairly greedy pseudomonas. Don't try to make extra, it won't keep.

Comments

[summerstorm]

I read 'chop an onion finely' as 'fiercely' and I was like, oh, is this a cooking ~experience?

[moetushie]

My mother doesn't just make soup, she believes in it.

Ahaha, I love this! My mom believes in sweets.

[kathmandu]

Sounds yummy. I make a similar thing; the lemon and egg combo is very bracing against winter viruses.

[missdiane]

Oooooooooooooooo! (Yes, it warranted that many "o"s!)

Basically lemon egg drop rice soup? I AM SO MAKING THIS.

[pseudomonas]

It's essentially this but egg-and-lemon-soup is a more comprehensible description for me (and has the same number of syllables). Anyhow, it's lovely :)

[missdiane]

I've had lemon orzo soup from the fabulous Greek restaurant in my town. Didn't know that egg is what thickens it. I like the option of basmati rice, though.

I like the option to make it even thicker and use it on fish. nom nom nom

[pseudomonas]

Make it much thicker and you head rapidly in the direction of hollandaise.

[missdiane]

If you add butter, yep. I do the blender method when I make hollandaise. SO much easier than the double boiler nonsense.

[piyyah]

Thank you! I'm gonna give this one a try! I wonder if it's good for breakfast?

[pseudomonas]

Never tried eating it for breakfast, but I don't see why it shouldn't be! Just so long as it's made fresh.

[piyyah]

Thank you for the encouragement! Gonna try this tomorrow morning! Since it's an off day tomorrow. :)

[kore]

OMG, this sounds amazing.