Wednesday 23 July 2014

Rustic tomato soup

Its rainy season here at Pune. How can i not have a soup when its raining. It so beautiful out here and i love to sip my soup in this weather.

This delicious soup took me an hour, but it was worth my time.

Garlic 5-6
Onion 1
Tomato 8-10 (small)
Carrot 1
Vegetable stock 1 1/2 cup ( Recipe below)
Coriander
Mint powder 1 tbsp
Oregano 1 tbsp
Red chilli flakes 1 tbsp
Olive oil tsp
wheat flour  1 tsp
Salt


1. Make your vegetable stock and keep aside ( i always have this stored in my fridge as its very handy for most of the soups)
2. Cut the tomatoes and carrot, keep aside
3. In a thick bottomed vessel over a medium flame heat oil. Add garlic and onion and saute for a 2 mins. Ensure the color doesn't changes
4. Add the tomatoes, and carrot and saute well for 5-7 mins
5. Now you would add red chilli flakes, oregano, mint powder, coriander and salt
6. Then add your vegetable stock and cover with a lid for half hour



7. The more it boil the better it tastes ( i boiled the soup for about 45 mins)

8. In a small bowl add the wheat flour and water. Mix well and add this to the soup. This ingredient will make the soup thicker. You need to keep mixing on a low flame to break part the lumps.

You can top up your soup with cheese if you want




A tinch of love and patience is required here :-) As this takes long but it is good to wait and have a yummy soup.


Vegetable stock 

Ingredients

Garlic cloves 8 minced
Onion 2
Carrot 2
Bay leaf 1
Pepper corn 10-12
Beans 3
Olive oil 1 tsp
Water 2 cups
Salt

( In the other recipes they use parsley, thyme, celery but i did not have any of them in stock so i used beans)

Method

1. Chop the vegetables into 1 inch
2. Heat oil in a vessel.
3. Add onion, garlic, carrot, bay leaf, pepper corn, beans. Cook for 5 minutes and stir frequently
4. Add salt and water. Keep it for boil for about half hour
5. Strain and discard the vegetables



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