Tomato & Carrot Soup

Craving for that creamy tomato soup on a chilly afternoon with some toasted bread has become a common practice for me. After trying all the canned soups and the local grocery stores that have freshly made soup, still did not reduce my craving for a good homemade soup from scratch. Then I went to India and the cook in my sister–in-law’s house made the most amazing tomato soup I’ve had so far. So, got the recipe and couldn’t believe some of the most simplistic recipes are the tastiest too!

I used the pressure cooker for this recipe. If you do not have a pressure cooker, you could use a large pan, close the lid while cooking.

Here we go… I guarantee you after you try this one; you would not touch those canned soups again.

Ingredients:

Tomato (ripe) – 10
Carrot (large) – 3
Garlic     – 10 pods
Ginger – 2 tsps chopped
Pepper – 2 – 3 tsps
Sugar – 3 tsps
Salt – 2 tsps
Corn flour – 1 tsp

Method:

1. Cut tomatoes, carrots, garlic & ginger. Add all the vegetables in a pressure cooker. Add pepper, salt & sugar. If the tomatoes are not juicy, add a cup of water and close the lid and pressure cook.
2. After cooking the tomatoes and carrots, let it cool. Grind the veggies in a mixer grinder and strain the mixture to catch the tomato skin.
3. Mix the corn flour to half a cup of water and add that to the tomato-carrot mixture.
4. Let it come to a boil and shut of the heat.
5. Taste the soup and adjust the salt/ pepper according to taste.

Serve the soup with croutons, and a grilled cheese sandwich. Yumm…. Do leave your comment after you try this dish.