This recipe serves 5 bowls.
Ingredients:
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- Fresh ripe tomatoes - 10 medium sized (any variety,I have used the country ones)
- onion - 1 big
- Garlic pods - 6
- cinnamon - 1 inch piece
- pepper corns - 10
- Fresh pepper powder - 1 tsp( can be added later as per taste)
- salt - to taste
- butter - 1 tsp
- oil - 1 tsp
- turmeric powder - a pinch
- sugar - 2 tsp( add more if the tomatoes are very sour)
- corn flour - 1/2 tsp dissolved in water
- Fresh cream - for garnishing
If you get celery ,you can add it for additional taste.
Bread croutons:
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Chop the bread slices into cubes and roast it in a non stick pan with 1 tsp of ghee/butter.
Method:
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- Wash the tomatoes well and chop them roughly into pieces.Chop the onion too.
- Heat a saucepan ,add butter and oil.
- When its hot add cinnamon,onion, garlic pods,(celery if available) and saute till it turns translucent.
- Add the chopped tomatoes,turmeric powder,pepper corns and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes off.
- Add little water , 1 tsp of milk and cook covered for 5 to 10 min till the tomatoes get cooked completely.
- Set aside to cool.After it cools down to room temperature ,strain the excess water and keep aside.
- Add the residue in a blender and make a puree.
- Add the puree with the strained stock in the same saucepan with salt,sugar and pepper powder.
- Adjust water if its too thick.The consistency should be slightly watery.
- Stir and cook till it boils.
- Add the corn flour syrup and mix well.Add 2 tsp of fresh cream and switch off in 10 sec.
Serve the yummy soup piping hot .Garnish with bread croutons and a tsp of fresh cream.
2 comments:
This is my personal favorite soup :) look yummy :)
Looks Yummy d Uma....
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