How to Make Tomato Soup at Home - Indian Style

Iam Crazy about Tomato Soup, which my ammamma used to make with loads of vegetables in it. apart it, When i wrote a story for the first time at my class 7, has Tomato Soup played an important role. to brief the story here, the girl in the story drinks lots of tomato soup and suffers from stomach ache and the girls sister gets caught in trouble while going out to get medicine. though it sounds funny all, the memories are as bright as the soup colour!

While speaking about the bright red colour of the soup, it all comes from a small bit of beetroot. thats a trick i got from Suganya's Tasty Pallette.

update: check my new post on restaurant style cream of tomato soup here.

Ingredients:
serves - 2

Ripe Red Tomatoes -  4
Carrot - 1
Beetroot - 1 small piece
Corriander Stems - 4
Garlic - 3 cloves
Ginger - 1 inch size
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch in size
Cloves - 2
Pepper  - 5
Bay Leaf  - 1
Star Anise - 1 small
Corn Flour - 2 spoons
Water - 2 cups

Just use a tiny bit of beetroot, its just to add bright red colour to the soup. i added big cinnamon, you dont do that. a small 1 inch size will do.  its optional to have carrots, it changes the taste of the soup a little bit.

Method:

Cut the tomatoes into 4 parts and transfer them into a vessel that could fit in your pressure cooker. add the spices bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, star anise and pepper to the tomatoes. add ginger and garlic to. add a small bit of beetroot, one chopepd carrot, corriander stems and 2 cups of water. pressure cook all together upto 3-4 whistles. alternatively you can cook them stove top for over 5-10 mins or also microwave them at very high for about 5-6 mins.

Cool them and remove the spices(cinnamon,cloves,star anise and bay leaf) except pepper.  

Meanwhile prepare the corn starch by mixing 2 spoons of corn flour with 1/4 cup of water without any lumps.

Here after you can continue in 2 ways,

1. If you are serving for adults, before grinding them, remove the skin of the tomatoes(its easy). and then grind together. boil the grounded soup, add the corn starch at slow flame and stir well so that no lumps are formed. add a bit of pepper powder & salt to taste. let the soup boil in slow flame for about 2-3 minutes. and serve hot.

2. Other version is, grind and filter the soup. while you filter, the nutrients of the vegetables is also filtered!! but filtering is just to remove the tomato skin. boil the soup. add the corn starch to the boiling soup and give a stir. let the soup boil in sim for about 2-3 mins. add salt to taste, bit of pepper powder and a bit of aji-na-motto(optional, acts as a taste maker). serve hot! 

Serve the Tomato Soup hot with Toasted Breads.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!