Winter is the best time here int he Southern parts of India where temperatures rarely ever dip. This year has been good so far. With El Nino out of the way, we have had a good monsoon and a good winter. You know that means that the markets are flush with loads of fresh veggies. And a Tomato soup recipe always tastes that much better when made with fresh tomatoes.
With another wave of snowfall in the North and a terrible avalanche, the temperatures in the plains too have gone down a notch and it is time to enjoy a cup of soup. But this opportunity is so fleeting that you need to grab and enjoy your soup when you can. Tomato prices have dropped to single digits and when you have mountains of juicy tomatoes everywhere, you have to try cooking with fresh ingredients. The homemade pasta sauce with a fresh batch of tomatoes and basil is a routine feature.
Some Tomato soup recipe use garlic, but I prefer to keep plain. Sanjeev Kapoor’s tomato soup recipe also used celery. While I love celery, it can easily overpower the sweet taste of tomato. So yesterday, I made a quick version of tomato soup and it came out creamy and amazing, with almost no effort. And hence the reason for using a stock image here. I am getting lazier and clicking photos is getting increasingly boring.
Tomato Soup Recipe Ingredients
8 Ripe, Juicy Tomato
1 Tbsp Black Pepper
1/2 Cup Fresh Cream
Salt to taste
How to make Tomato Soup Recipe
Follow these few steps an you will be enjoying a warm cup of soup in no time.
1. In a deep pot, place the tomatoes with a cup of water
2. Pressure cook the tomatoes until you hear the whistle go off and simmer for another 5 minutes
3. Wait for 10 minutes and then take the pot out of the pressure cooker
4. With an hand mixer, pure the Tomatoes util all the pieces are blended an you have an homogeneous mixture
5. Put the pot on low heat and add the salt and pepper
6. Keep simmer for another couple of minutes, turn off the heat and then add the cream
And that is it you have your cream of tomato soup recipe is ready to devour. Toast a couple of bread slices and in the over until they are golden an you have croutons to go with your soup.
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