Few weeks back we went to our favourite veg restaurant, usually i dont order soup there. But this time i thought of trying their tomato soup..I ordered and enjoyed it..This made me realize that i haven't posted tomato soup recipe in my blog.
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So the next day itself, i made my soup, clicked it and enjoyed it to the core. Some people add cream in their tomato soup. But i dont usually add. Soups are meant to be healthy, so i dont want to make it unhealthy with the addition of cream. But i like to add a touch of butter in my soup. Because it gives nice flavour to the soup.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
Butter - 1 tsp
Bay Leaf - 1
Garlic - 4 cloves
Onion - 1 medium size chopped
Tomatoes - 4 medium size chopped
Beetroot - ¼ of a medium one, peeled and cubed
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp or to taste
Cornflour / Cornstarch - 1 tsp
Milk - ¼ cup
Tomato Ketchup - 2 tsp (Optional)
Water - 3 to 4 cups
For Croutons:
Bread Slices - 2
Oil - 1 tblspn
Method:
Heat butter in a cooker, add in bay leaf and garlic, saute for a min.
Add in onions and saute for another min.
Add in beetroot and tomatoes. Saute for 2 mins.
Add in salt, sugar and mix well. Add in water. Cover and pressure cook for 2 whistle. Simmer the cooker for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself.
Now open the cooker, remove the bay leaf.
Use a handblender to puree the soup. If you dont have hand blender, cool the mix then puree the soup in a blender.
Pour the pureed soup through a sieve and sieve well.
Mix cornflour with milk and set aside.
Now pour the soup in a sauce pan, add pepper, tomato ketchup and cornflour milk. Boil once.
Remove and serve hot with some croutons.
For Croutons.
Cut bread slices into small squares.
Heat oil in a tawa and place the cut bread slices in oil and fry till golden on both sides. Remove to a plate and set aside
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Start by making croutons..Take couple of bread slice |
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| cut into squares |
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| Heat oil in a tawa |
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| Place bread slices over it |
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| fry till golden on both sides |
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| remove it to a plate and set aside |
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| Melt some butter in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in bay leaf |
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| few chopped garlic pieces |
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| add in onion |
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| saute for a min |
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| Add in tomatoes and beetroots |
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| saute for a min |
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| Add in salt |
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| and some sugar |
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| saute for 2 mins |
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| Pour in water |
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| mix well |
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| Pressure cook |
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| now everything is cooked |
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| now take the bay leaf out of the cooker |
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| i used a hand blender to puree the soup |
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| If you dont have a handblender, use normal blender to puree, but cool the soup lightly before blending |
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| now strain this whole thing in a sauce pan |
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| Use a ladle to help it strain |
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| keep pushing |
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| I kept on pushing till the last bit of the soup is extracted |
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| This is the silky smooth soup |
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| This is optional, add some ketchup, ketchup gives a little kick to the soup |
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| add some black pepper |
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| Take cornflour in a bowl |
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| Add ¼ cup of milk and mix well |
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| Pour this into the soup |
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| Bring it to a boil |
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| Mix well and boil it once.. |
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| Now take a bowl |
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| ladle your soup in |
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| place some crispy bread croutons |
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| sprinkle some pepper powder |
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| enjoy |
Raji Sankar
My favourite....thank u for the recipe aarthi...
kripanandhini
Receipe looks yummy aarthi ..but adding four tomatoes wont taste sour? correct me if I'm wrong..ty
Aarthi
@kripanandhiniNo it wont..thats why we are adding little sugar to balance the soup taste,
Anonymous
I tried it yesterday. It turned out good. Thanks for sharing this easy recipe.
Savita Sawant
Looking awesome
Anonymous
Is it a must to use beetroot?
Anonymous
Can we leave the beetroot out?
Aarthi
@Anonymousbeetroot give the red colour to this soup. you can leave it out if you want too
Fasna
What is the milk in every post? Cow milk or coconut milk?
Aarthi
@Fasnait is cows milk..if i use coconut milk, will mention it in post
Beulah Jeyan Sam
Thank u so much for d recipe... N d fotos. Looking out for this for a long time. Looks yummy... ll make soo. Thank u once again for sharing.. God bless.
Anonymous
Can i use red mirch powder in?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use
Sheeba
Aarthi,
Thanks a million for this recipe! My husband was sick so I decided to make him soup. Very first attempt ever and we both loved it! He had two bowls of this and already feeling better. I'm newly married and I stalk your website for recipes especially on Pinterest. Thank you for your inspiring recipes which us newly married brides.
Prasanna
Plz post how to make lemon coriander soup..
Purnima Selvamurugan
I tried this last weekend. Came out perfect. My dear daughter liked it very much and she asked some more. I was elated. your photos makes my cooking easier. Thanks a lot for you effort and picturesque description
RamyaKartik
Can we try this with cherry tomatoes? Is it ok if I skip milk and cream?
Aarthi
@RamyaKartikyes u can make this with cherry tomatoes
nitha
Tried tis for my son who had cold....he was happyily taking it without denial
shefali unahariya
Tried it today but excluded the beetroot which was not available... It came out to be So delicious that my husband and kids slurped the whole thing immediately... Thank you so much
Mary Kr
Looks yummy,will definitely try,thanks.
Anonymous
tried today.. came out really well.. thnx a lots..
Ammu Bhadra
Dear Aarthi,
Thank you for this recipe. I have made the easy tomato soup for my husband twice and he loved it. I am also reading and following many of your recipes in this blog. Your blog has become my point of reference for my cooking. I am a home maker and love cooking. It's a joy to read and also see the step by step instructions for each recipe. The visuals person helps me to follow the recipes easily. Thanks once again. All the best.
Lisbeth
How come soups have to be healthy?
Took a long time to scroll past all the not all informative pics!
Lisbeth Ehlers
A 40+ pictorial for a simple non sinfull tomato soup. I get tired before I reach the stowe!
I will lend you my recipe for a truly sinful one:
2 stalks of celery
1 bell pepper preferable yellow
1-2 chili peppers or 1 tsp dried ditto - to your taste
2 yellow onieon
3 - 4 garlic cloves
1/2 dl dry white wine
2 cans of Mutti crushed tomatoes
1 large Lovagestalk, finely chopped
Oregano
Basil
Salt and pepper
Vegestable broth (preferable Herbamare)
Oil, butter, salr
Chop all the vegestables.
Roast the peppers and chilies hard, and, lower the temperature then. add garlic, cellery and onions.
Simmer for 10 min. Then add white wine and tomatoes.
After 5 min add the herbs and let simmer for another 20 min.
And now the sinfull part:
200 g of philadelphia cream cheese,
3 garlic cloves, crushed
A pinch of salt
Basil
Serve in bowls with a LARGE spoonful of creamcheese.
And enjoy