Thoop

A high-protein low-calorie density thing that you can eat to fill you up. Perfect for meal prep/cutting.

Even though it’s quite delicious, we recommend eating 1 normal meal apart from Thoop daily to keep yourself sane. The portion described in this recipe can last for 11 meals.

Serving Size:
578 grams
375 calories
39 g protein

Ingredients

1. 824g Bell pepper
2. 600g Onions
3. 512g Celery
4. 680g Tomato
5. 103g Garlique
6. 1229g Zucchini
7. 216g Bella Mushroom
8. 454g Carrot
9. 1000 ml Chicken broth
10. 907g Corn
11. 10g Olive oil
12. 1150g Chicken breast
13. Ginger paste
14. Spices (Chilli, Turmeric, Garam Masala, Coriander, Cloves, Cardamom)
15. Kasuri methi
16. Garlic salt
17. Onion powder
18. A box of spinach (how big? You decide)

Procedure

Prep

1. Make fresh garlic paste with the garlic.
2. Spice Mix: Put all your spices in a bowl lmao
3. Chop all your vegetables.

Chicken

1. Do NOT cut your chicken yet.
2. Pour chicken broth into a large pot over medium heat.
3. Add salt, pepper, garlic salt, and onion powder to the broth.
4. After a few minutes, throw half your chopped mushrooms into the broth.
5. Chuck the chicken pieces in next.
6. Let this simmer for ~10 minutes. Check if the meat is close to cooked.
7. If it is, then turn off the heat and scoop out all the chicken.

Tomato-spice paste

1. Blend your tomatoes. Also, throw in a few hundred grams of bell peppers for funsies.
2. Heat half the oil in a large pan/tawa/wok. Add half the garlic & equal amounts of ginger paste, along with 3-4 cardamom pods and 3-4 clove sticks.
3. After 15 seconds of stirring, add half your onions onions (optional: add spinach after a few minutes).
4. Stir the onions until they become golden-brown in colour.
5. Throw in your spices, and immediately pour the blended tomato into the large pan/tawa/wok.
6. Mix and let it simmer until the tomato thickens. You’ll know it’s ready when you can see the bottom of the pan with your spatula while mixing.
7. Add the 2 tsp of kasuri methi and mix it in.
8. Use an immersion blender to blend onion pieces and place the paste aside while the soup gets ready.

Soup

1. Add all your remaining vegetables (except carrots, corn, mushrooms, and onions) into the broth and immersion blend.
2. Make sure you completely obliterate the vegetables. Spend some time ensuring you get a good consistency. This step will make or break your Thoop.
3. Turn on the heat again. Add the carrots, corn, mushrooms, and onions and cook until the mushrooms are cooked.

Putting it all together

1. Chop chicken into 1×1 inch cubes and toss ’em back in the Thoop.
2. Add your tomato-spice paste and mix.
3. Let the Thoop simmer for a few minutes until the chicken is fully cooked.
4. Add more salt/pepper if needed.

Enjoy!

Notes:

1. Corn adds a lot of calories. Remove if you feel like it.
2. Rice? With the Thoop? Or cheese…
3. This dish REQUIRES 3 people to prepare it.