Tomato Basil Soup

Tomato soup is a perfect soup for winter! As the temperature drops down my family enjoys soup for dinner. This soup is a good source of anti-oxidant lycopene, Vitamin, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 , A and k. It is rich in Copper. Tomato basil soup can be easily made from scratch at home.

Ingredients:

Ingredient	Quantity
Medium sized Tomatoes	8 Nos
Basil Leaves	5-6 Nos
Roughly chopped Onions	1 and 1/2 Cups
Roughly chopped Carrots	1 and 1/2 Cups
Garlic cloves chopped	3-4 Nos
Ginger finely chopped	1/2 inch
Jaggary/Sugar	2 tbsp
Italian seasoning	2 tbsp
Salt	To taste
Black pepper powder	1/2tbsp
Water	1 Cup

Recipe:

• Cut tomatoes into halves
• In a pan add, tomatoes, carrots, onions, ginger and garlic
• In an electric pressure cooker, Pressure cook for 5 min on a high pressure mode
• If you are using a regular pressure cooker, pressure cook for 2 whistles
• Let it cool completely. Blend the mixture to a smooth paste 
• Strain the puree for getting fine texture. I like the fibrous texture
• Heat a pan and add the puree
• Add jaggery or Sugar
• Add salt, crushed black pepper and Italian seasoning 
• Crush the fresh basil leaves roughly with hands and add to the soup
• Stir well and Cover with a lid
• Simmer the gas flame and cook it for 2 min 
• Serve hot by adding croutons (optional)

For making  Garlic Croutons at home

• Cut the bread slices in to small squares
• In a flat pan, add ½ tbsp of Olive oil
• Add bread pieces
• On a low flame, lightly roast the bread till it becomes golden in color
• Keep stirring
• Add a pinch of salt , ½ tsp garlic powder
• Add to Tomato basil soup while serving

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