TOMATO SOUP RECIPE

This is my first post on soup recipes.Tomato soup is the one and only soup i order whenever we go out for dinner.But no two restaurants serve tomato soup in same taste.Everybody has their own variations.Among all the soups i have tasted,i would say the best tasting soup is the one in salem”Lakshmi Hotel -Salem,Tamilnadu’'.It was the bestest.My total family is a big fan of that soup and sometimes we have gone there for dinner just to taste that soup.Every time i keep sniffing the soup to find out the ingredients and i tried many times to recreate the same.At last i succeeded in my attempt.This tastes 90% close to that soup.I got the same color and taste.I have not used carrots or beets here.This is just the original color of tomato.Sendhil and Raksha loved it a lot.Do try this simple,easy and yummy restaurant style recipe and let me know your feedback.Here is my small attempt in capturing the steam..How is it ?  Lets see how to make this easy south indian tomato soup recipe.

Tomato soup recipe

Restaurant style yummy tomato soup recipe..

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Soup

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

To saute Butter - 1 tbsp Cinnamon - 1 inch piece Cloves - 1 no Bayleaf - 1 no Garlic cloves - 10 nos Big onion - 1 no(small size) Ripe tomatoes - 4 nos(chop finely) To mix in the soup Salt - as needed Sugar - 1/4 tsp Tomato sauce -1 tbsp Corn flour - 1 tbsp Water- 3 cups Pepper powder -  to serve

METHOD

In a pressure cooker base,melt butter.Add the cinnamon,clove and bay leaf.Saute for few seconds.Add onions,chopped garlic cloves and saute well.Finally add the chopped tomato pieces and saute till mushy. To this,add 3 cups of water, salt and pressure cook in high flame for 3-4 whistles.After the steam is released,remove the bayleaf,cinnamon and grind it with a hand blender or a juicer. Strain the sediments and discard.Add the bay leaf and cinnamon back to the strained soup. Now add sugar,tomato sauce,1/4 tsp of white pepper powder and allow it to boil for a minute.Dilute corn flour in little water and add to the soup.Allow it to boil till raw smell emanates completely. Serve hot with bread croutons.

  NOTE

• Generally a piece of carrot or beetroot would be added to the tomatoes while cooking to give a nice color.But i din’t use any as my tomatoes itself were ripe with a nice color.
• If u add carrot or beetroot,do not grind it along with tomatoes.Please discard them after u pressure cook.
• For making bread croutons,cut the bread into slices,apply little oil.Bake in a convection oven at 180c for 20 mins.Flip it once in the middle.U’ll get a super crispy bread croutons which u can serve with this yummy soup.It tastes great !

Serve hot topped with bread pieces and pepper powder ! It tastes yummy!

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