Tomato Soup

Ingredients :

• Red ripe tomatoes - 500 gms.
• Onions - 2 medium sized
• Carrot - 1
• Potato - 1 small size
• Salt - as required
• Sugar - as required
• Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Fresh coriander leaves - little [ for garnishing ]
• Fresh cream - 1 tsp [ for garnishing ]
• Bread toast - little

Method :

Scrape the carrot, peel onions, potato and cut them into 4. Then pressure cook tomatoes, onions, carrot and potato along with salt. When it is done, pour them into a blender to make a smooth mixture. Strain this through a coarse sieve. Then boil the soup for 5 minutes more in low flame. Garnish with coriander leaves and fresh cream. Bread toast can be added.

To make bread toast :- Take 1-2 day old bread, remove edges, cut each slice into four vertically and horizontally. You will get small cubes. Deep fry in hot oil or ghee. Drain and keep aside.

P.S. :- Instead of potato, corn flour can also be added to make the soup thick. Dissolve 2 tbsp of corn flour in 2 tbsp of water and add to the soup while boiling.