Monsoon comes with various surprises The best part is the piping hot soups that you get to enjoy looking at the rain. It is a match made in heaven. Looking at the cold rain and gulping some piping hot soup is all together a different feeling. Being a chennaite, let me list down the must have soups and snacks around the city. Especially during rains, one must definitely try them out. So once you land in Chennai during monsoon, either on a personal or official trip or if you’re here for the famous music festival or marghazhi kutchery in Chennai these are must try before you take leave.
Wisconsin Cheese soup and Tomato basil soup:
Melt in the mouth cheddar mixed in farm fresh veggies makes the Wisconsin cheese soup.
A tangy tomato soup with tingling flavor of basil makes the tomato basil another must try.
Where: Haven’s sampoorna, Velachery and Besant Nagar.
https://www.havensampoorna.com/
Tom yum soup and Tofu Satay
You must be wondering why did I mention tofu Satay. Every soup has its perfect companion and yes the tofu satay is for the tom yum. Tom yum is the classic thai sour soup flavored with lemon grass and chillies.
Where : Benjarong, Alwarpet.
Lemon coriander soup
Addictive thick soup with freshly garnished coriander and a generous squeeze of lime makes this soup a big hit.
Where: Mainland China
Broccoli soup and Lasagna
The cream of broccoli soup(subject to the day’s special) and the lasagna is a match made in heaven,
Where: That madras Place, Adyar
Minestrone and Mozarella ricotta fingers
A flavourful minestrone soup made from tomato flavored vegetable stock with generously used parmesan and beans complimented with flavoursome crumbled ricotta and mozzarella deep fried fingers is the next competitive match.
Where: The pasta bar Veneto, Vadapalani.
Sundal and vada
This is a classic combo of chickpea masala with pieces of gram flour patties dunked in it. Garnished with generous sprinkle of raw onion and coriander.
Where: any roadside shop
Kalaan:
Deep fried mushroom soaked in masala broth. The combo of the crisp mushroom in the equally mouthwatering spicy gravy makes this the most soughed rainy day meal.
Where: Any roadside shop
Bhajjis and pakodas:
Who doesn’t enjoy rain with piping hot bhajjis and ginger teas. That sizzling sound of bhajjis being dropped into the hot oil wok will make anyone stop and have a bite. Equally complimented with ginger tea this evergreen combo is selling as hot cakes when it starts getting cloudy.
These are what you get to eat out. But at home the piping hot
bhisi bhela bath & potato fry
Garlic pepper rasam and potato chips
Poori and potato
Pongal and gotsu.
These are some of the common food items we love at home. Doesn’t matter even you aren’t in Chennai, do browse above recipes and relish them.Enjoying these delicacies looking at the rain from your window is really great. So just sit back and enjoy your meal. Happy monsoon.
This blog is a part of a #BirthdayBlogTrain hosted by Gunjan Upadhyay Tuggu n mommy and Neha Sharma , Growing with nemit.. I would like to thank Ghazala Naseem from Indian beauty blooms for introducing me to this blog train and would further like to introduce Anoushka Goel from bookishthings to share her take on the prompts.Picture credits : pixabay
That Madras Mom 
Such a delicious suggestions of soups you have given here. I might make one today! Loved reading this blog. 🙂
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Thank you Anoushka
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Wow such a yum yum post and I loved all the recipes, will surly try them this season. Thanks for sharing #GWNxTNM
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I love minestrone and broccoli cheese and it quite often during winters as here there is monsoon season as such.
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Yes those are my favourite too
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Thank you Surbhi
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Much needed post for this monsoon. Thanks for sharing some new yummy recipes.
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Thank you
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This was such a different take on the monsoon prompt! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I’m feeling so hungry now!
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Ha ha. Thank you Noor
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nice soupy suggestions for monsoon. lemon coriander and tomato basil i generally make in cold weather, others will surely try.
soups are good in rains as it gives warmth as well as they are prepared with boiled water. Help keep us hydrated also.
Bhajjis & pakora along with soup is a great combo.
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Thank you so much Pragun
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Thank you for this yummy post!! A lovely collection of soups for the monsoons!! Yummy got my tummy 😊
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Thank you Arushi
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so many recipes and a lot to try, sounds yummy
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Please do try and let me know
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Tomato soup is my all time favorite , coriander and lemon , I will try 🙂
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Sure do try and let me know
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I have been thinking what soups to make in this weather and just then i read your blog post.. Thank you i am going to try these
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Hey that’s great. Do try and let me know
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I am not a big fan of soups but they look really delicious. I tried many time to develop my liking but failed. Will share this with my mother who is great lover of soups.
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Sure do share it
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This is indeed a very tempting take on the prompt. I just cannot wait to try something from this 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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These are some amazing choice of healthy soups. Love your take on the prompts and such healthy suggeations..
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Thank you so much Gunjan.
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All these soups are so new to me.. Lemon coriander soup sounds interesting..
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Do try them. They are tempting
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I don’t live in South but I can totally imagine how it would feel to try these recipes during monsoons in Chennai … Yummy 😋
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Do try when you come to Chennai
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So yum yum post, really enjoy to read your entire post. Keep posting in the same way.
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Thank you so much
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Such an amazing article
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Thank you
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog.. it was literally awesome..
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Thank you so much
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Sundal any day. Street food appeals to me more. This post is total yum and on my next trip to Chennai, I will check the Kalaan, never tried it.
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You should definitely try it. It’s easy to prepare at home to
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Really want to try these delicious tempting things this monsoon:)
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Wow! some really wonderful and colorful options to try out this monsoon. Lovely list. Keep churning them out 🙂
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Oh I can’t tell you Sindhu, how much I was craving for some monsoon special dish and here came your post. Sad, I am not in Chennai but now I know what I need to for myself. Great post!
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As a Foodie i can say this is a delicious post
Yummy
I would like to try these for sure
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Every season has special food attached to it and your consolidated list of snacks and soup are delicious and healthy.
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I would love to try the broccoli soup and lasagna for sure apart from traditional Chennai recipes.
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The post is yummilicious!
Many options for me to try on and enjoy in these rains. 🙂
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It’s raining here in Mumbai as I am reading this post and I am terribly missing soups 😉 Very informative, will make a note to visit the places you mentioned as I will soon be in Chennai :0 Thank you for sharing this Sindhu 🙂
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I love soups! You can also write about our regional Indian soups , especially with coconut milk, they are lovely too.
#ReadByPRB
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