Tomato Soup

Serves 2 persons

Ingredients:

Tomatoes 2 small chopped

Carrot small finger length 

Onions 1/2 small size one chopped or 1 shallot

Butter 1 sp

Bay leaf 1

Biryani powder very small pinch

Garlic cloves 3 chopped 

Pepper corns 1/4th sp

Pepper powder 1/4 th sp

Sugar 1/4th sp

Corn flour 1 sp

Bread slice 1

Fresh cream 1 sp optional

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat butter in a pan, add bay leaf, onions, garlic, biryani powder, pepper corns and sauté till onions become translucent.

2. Now add carrots and then add tomatoes, salt, sugar and cook for 5-10 by adding 1 cup water.

3. Now cool it and remove the bay leaf and then grind it to a fine paste.

4. To make bread croutons, cut bread slice into small cubes of 1/2 inch size and put them in microwave oven and heat for around 2 mins till they become nice crispy.

5. Take a colander and pour the ground mixture and strain out the pulpy bits and take the smooth paste to make the soup.

6. Now add 2 cups of water into it and boil in a pan for few mins.

7. Add 1/4th cup of water to corn flour and mix without any lumps and add it to the boiling soup and mix well so that there are no lumps.

8. Adjust salt, add pepper powder and take it to a serving bowl, add bread croutons on top and serve hot.