Mulligatawny Soup

It is wet and windy here. So we are stuck indoors and it is soup weather. KISA wanted me to try a mulligatawny as he had one in Tasmania and loved it. So I googled it and found this one. Tweaked it, he loved it so now it is appearing here for you all to try.

Mulligatawny Soup

3 tablespoons butter
2 onions, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
1 stick celery, chopped
1/2 green capsicum, chopped
1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
1 litre chicken stock
1 teaspoon salt
good grind black pepper
2 sprigs parsley, whole
1 tin tomatoes
3 chicken thigh fillets, chopped, or 1 cup cooked chicken if you have some leftover
1/2 cup cream
1 cup cooked rice

Melt butter and stir fry onions, carrot, celery and capsicum fo 10 minutes. Add the flour and curry powder and nutmeg and stir fory for a minute or so. Add stock, salt, pepper, and tomatoes. Add raw chicken if using, simmer for an hour. Remove the parsley sprigs.
Blend soup, add cooked chicken if using instead of raw, add cream and warm through a little. Add rice and serve.
I served with the garlic bread. I was popular.