Tomatoes are sweet, juicy and delicious. They are fat free, low in calories and and have Vitamin C. Garlic has antiviral, anti-fungal , antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Celery is a rich source of antioxidants,It is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C,Vitamin K and potassium. It lowers blood pressure and prevents cancer.
Tomato soup is a very popular soup in India. It is easy to prepare and very delicious soup. There are lot of versions of tomato soup but this soup is my version. While making tomato soup use fresh red ripe and sweet tomatoes.
INGREDIENTS
Tomatoes 4 big no.s
Garlic 6 cloves
Celery 1 stalk
Sugar 1 tsp
Pepper 2 tsp freshly crushed
Cornflour 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
METHOD
Heat a pan with 2 cups of water (tomatoes should immerse in the water), when it boils add the ripe sweet tomatoes, garlic and celery stalk. Turn off the fire. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
When it cools down take out the blanched tomatoes and peel them. Do not throw the water keep it aside. Put the tomatoes garlic and celery in a blender and blend them to a smooth pulp. Add the water to the pulp and run it through a strainer to discard the tomato seeds. Keep some 2 tbsp water aside to add to 1 tbsp cornflour.
Heat a deep pan add the strained pulp and bring it to boil,add salt, sugar and pepper. Add the cornflour to the pan and boil it for 3 – 4 minutes. The soup becomes thick ( consistency of thickness can be increased or decreased by adding more cornflour or water).Switch off the fire.
Serve the soup hot with bread croutons.
