Name: Tomato soup recipe by Akshatha Mahesh at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Medium tomatoes 4; small garlic cloves 3; small onion 1; Bay leaf 1; Cor flour 1 tsp +2tsp water; Butter 1 tsp; water 1cup; cream 1tsp; sugar 1/2 tsp; Bread 2 slices; Black pepper as required; salt as required

Instructions

First rinse the tomatoes nd keep aside
Remove the stems
In a saucepan take enough water. so that the tomatoes get immersed completely
Add 1 tsp salt to the water to a rolling boil...Add the tomatoes nd switch of the fire
Let the tomatoes be immersed in the hot water for 20 mnts..Drain the water nd let them cool
Finely chop the onion nd garlic keep aside
Once the tomato become cool then peel them..Then directly chop the tomatoes above the blender jar. Blend the tomatoes to a smooth puree nd keep aside..
Toasting bread...........
Heat a frying pan ...Place the bread in the pan nd toast the bread on a low flame till its browned and crisp from both sides
Once the bread is toasted slice it into cubes
Tomato soup.........
Make a smooth paste of the 1 tsp cornflour with 2 tsp water and keep aide
Melt butter in a pan. add the bay leaf nd saute for 2 seconds
Add the chopped garlic and onion ...nd saute till the onion become brown.
Now add the tomato puree....stir nd then ad water , salt nd pepper
On a medium flame let the soup come to a gentle boil....stir the cornflour paste nd add it to the soup...stir well till the tomato soup tickness....
Add sugar nd stir...The add the cream
Pour the hot tomato soup in soup bowl.... Add the bread pieces.....
Garnish tomato soup with a coriander leaves....
Serve the soup hot

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