A curried chicken soup with vegetables, thickened with flour and finished with rice.

Steps

1. Heat stock in a deep saucepan.
2. Brown onion, celery, carrot, pepper and chicken in butter.
3. Add flour, curry, cloves, garlic and tomatoes and simmer for 1 hour.
4. Put the chicken and cubed vegetables through a sieve.
5. Add sieved vegetables to the hot stock. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Add hot rice and serve. Serves 4 to 5 people.