Bisque Indian

Bisque Indian

Seafood Soup

When seafood soup is served to start off a meal, it might be a light broth with a few small cubes of fish and perhaps a hint of chives or parsley; or it might be a small bowl of rich creamy bisque or thick North American chowder flavored with milk and cream or with tomatoes. At Mexican seafood restaurants, I've also had chowder-like first-course fish soups, but they were lighter and spicier than their New England counterparts.

Add vegetables to a seafood soup, and serve it with rice, noodles or hearty bread, and it becomes substantial enough to play the role of a main course. A mildly seasoned seafood soup that we savored at a Honduran restaurant owed its rich texture and luscious flavor to coconut milk; served with a generous mound of rice, it was a meal in a bowl. Coconut milk often enriches Thai seafood soup entrees, like a satisfying one I ate at a pan-Asian restaurant; it contained noodles, mushrooms and green onions, and was pungent from hot peppers and tangy from lime juice. An usual and very tasty central Vietnamese seafood curry soup that I sampled was embellished with quail eggs, peanuts, noodles, green onions, cilantro leaves and fried onions, and served with a large fried sesame cracker. People use ingredients with which they are familiar. I've even made a tasty fish soup supper by cooking cubes of salmon in a pot of vegetable soup.

Most Westerners associate seafood soup with Mediterranean cuisine, which includes many fish soups in addition to the bouillabaisse of France and the ciuppin of Italy. Spanish, Greek, North African and Lebanese cooks all make fish soups matching the produce of the Mediterranean with the region's popular flavors - olive oil, garlic, onions, tomatoes and aromatic herbs.

Because fish cooks rapidly, fish soups are easy to prepare and are ready in less time than most main-course soups. They're great for weight watchers, as they can be fairly low in fat. For a festive version, you can use a little oil to sauté the vegetables and flavor the broth, but for an everyday soup, you can simply simmer the vegetables along with the fish.

My favorite types of fish for soup are those that do not fall apart easily, such as sole, cod or halibut. But as long as the fish is fresh, even if it does not remain in neat chunks, the soup will still taste delicious. Flavors range from boldly-seasoned soups with lots of spice to delicate ones that highlight the fish's natural taste. Ready you are Sea Food Soup Please visit in the site www.indomunch.com for extra details.

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I'm looking for an Indian restaurant in Chicago?

I love Indian food, but haven't found a restaurant in Chicago yet that I love. I know that the best are up on Devon, but which should I go to? I'm looking for Punjabi cooking and muligatawny that is almost like a curry-lentil bisque. I know I'm being picky, but I used to live with an Indian chef and really miss his cooking. Please help!

Try Hema's Kitchen (6406 N. Oakley Ave. at Devon). It has a really friendly atmosphere -- Hema herself walks around the restaurant. Food is great.

Here's the review from Metromix:
Hema's does not have a tandoor oven, so the food here is closer to what you might have in an Indian home. The menu includes a few typical tandoori items which are oven-roasted instead, and the breads are grilled. Hema's signature dishes include the buna gosht, lamb sautéed with fresh peppers, onions, curry leaves and black pepper, and the sag murg, oven-baked chicken with spinach and spices. Another favorite is the shami kebab, a minced lamb and ground lentil dish from Hema's hometown. The service is friendly and casual, with Hema and her daughter handling most of the dining room. Plan accordingly; reservations are not accepted and waits are the norm on weekends.

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