Creamy Tomato Soup

Tomato soup is a soup made with tomatoes as the primary ingredient. It may be served hot or cold in a bowl, and may be made in a variety of ways. It is most popular in indian restaurants. whenever i see the menu of the most of the restaurants in india, i always get to see tomato soup along with the indo chinese soups.

A dat before i went a to our favourite 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 realise that i haven't posted tomato soup recipe in my blog. so the next day itself i plan to made my soup and enjoyed it. 

Some people add cream in the tomato soup but i dont add... it must be healthy, so i dont wants to add a touch of unhealthy with the addition of cream. But i wants to use butter in my soup. Becasue it gives nice flavour to the soup. And by adding tomato ketchup which gives tangines and sweetness to the soup... 

Preparation time : 5 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 4 

Cuisine : Indian

Catagery : soup

INGREDIENTS :

Tomato - 4 (sliced)

Onion - 1 medium size 

Garlic cloves - 3 (chopped)

Bay leaf - 1

Corn flour - 1 tspn

Milk - 1/4 cup

Tomato ketchup - 2 tbspn

Pepper powder - to taste

Salt - to taste 

Sugar - 1 tspn

Butter - 2 tspn

Water - 3 cups

FOR CROUTONS :

Bread slices - 4
Butter - 1 tbspn

METHOD :

• Heat butter in a cooker, add in bay leaf and garlic, saute it well for a min.
• Add in onion and saute for another min..
• Add in tomatoes and saute for 2 mins.
• Add in salt, sugar and mix well. Add in water. 
• Cover and pressure it for 2 whistle. Simmer the cooker for 5 mins and then turn off...
• Now open the cooker, remove the bay leaf.
• Then puree the mixture in a blender.
• Pour the pureed soup through a sieve and sieve well
• Mix carnflour with milk and set aside.
• Now pour the soup in a pan, add pepper, tomato ketchup and cournflour milk. Boil once.
• Remove and serve hot with some croutons...

FOR CROUTONS :

• Cut the bread into small squares.
• Heat a tawa with butter and place the bread and fry till golden on both sides.
• Remove to a plate and set aside.. 
• When you serve the soup, adding croutons on them and sprinkle some pepper powder ...

PICTORIAL :

Perpare your veggies

Add butter to a cooker

Bay leaf and chopped garlic

Add onions

Toss well it transparent

Now add in tomatoes

Some salt

Sugar

Add water and mix well

Pressure cooker it

At inbetween time take your bread slice

Cut it into squares

Heat a tawa

Add butter

Place the bread slice over it

Turn over

 

Fry it till golden on both sides

Take corn flour in a bowl

Now the mixture is done

Now take bayleaf out of the cooker

Let them to cool and add it into the blender

Puree it well

Now done

Now strain this whole thing in a sauce pan

Use a ladle to help it strain

This is the silky smooth soup

Pepper powder

Add in tomato ketchup gives a little kick to the soup

Pour the milk and cornflour mix into the bowl

Bring it to boil

Now its done

Now take a bowl

Pour the soup

Add the crispy bread croutons

Serve hot...