Easy and Homemade Tomato soup served with croutons and fresh basil or cilantro leaves
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Tomato Soup

Quick and easy Tomato Soup. 
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Soup
Servings: 2
Author: Hazel D

Ingredients

  • 350 gms Tomatoes red and ripe
  • Hot water till it covers the tomatoes
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1 tsp Ghee/Clarified Butter
  • few Slices of Onion
  • Pepper Powder as per taste
  • Garam Masala as per taste
  • Salt as per taste
  • Coriander Leaves or Fried bread for garnish

Instructions

  • Take 350 gms Tomatoes in a bowl. The Tomatoes should be red and ripe. Red Tomatoes give good color to the soup
  • Add hot water in the bowl till it covers the tomatoes. This helps in peeling the skin of the Tomatoes. It comes off easily. Let the Tomatoes rest in hot water for about  5 mins
  • After 5 mins, drain the water off and peel the skin of the Tomatoes. 
  • After peeling the skin of tomatoes, remove the seeds of the tomatoes too
  • Make a puree of the Tomatoes
  • Add 2 cups of water to the Tomato puree and give it a mix
  • Now place the Tomato puree on heat 
  • Add Salt as per taste
  • Once the soup is reduced to your desired thickness, switch off the flame. Stir occasionally while it is on flame.
  • Time to season the soup. Heat a pan and a tsp of Ghee
  • Add to it few sliced onions and fry till they are golden brown
  • Add pepper powder as per your taste and mix well
  • Now its time to add the boiled Tomato puree. 
  • To this add Garam Masala as per your taste and mix well
  • Give this soup just one round of boil
  • Your Tomato soup is ready to serve. Serve the soup with croutons or with a handful of coriander leaves or basil leaves . Either way, it tastes good. Hope you like and enjoy this soup as much as we do.

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Notes

We have added garam masala in this recipe. We do get questions from our readers, as to why do we use garam masala in soup and is it good to give it to kids. Well, garam masala is a blend of spices. Most of the spices we use are medicinal in value. We do use it regularly in Indian kitchens. So using garam masala in soup is good. 
You can reduce the quantity of garam masala in the recipe. We have  approximately used 1/4 tsp of garam masala in this recipe. You can reduce it even further. But it is safe for kids. Quantity of garam masala in this recipe can be reduced when you give it kids.