Indian Tomato Soup
A sweet and sour tomato soup that is served best with fried croutons.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 329kcal
Ingredients
Tempering
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 3 fat cloves of garlic
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 3 twigs of curry leaves substitute with cilantro or parsley
Tomato Puree
- 4 tomatoes cut in chunks
- 1 onion cut in chunks
- 4 cup chicken stock or vegetable stock, I used homemade
- 1 chicken bullion cube use vegetable bullion for non-veg. (Skip if using store brought chicken or vegetable stock)
- ¾ teaspoon fresh pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoon vinegar
other
- ½ cup ketchup I used my homemade ketchup
- 3 tablespoon cream
- 1 can corn frozen or boiled will work too.
Instructions
Tempering:
- Heat oil in a pot and add garlic. Fry garlic until lightly golden. Then add curry leaves and cumin. Fry for few more seconds.
Make Puree
- Now, add all ingredients of tomato puree. Cover and cook for 20 minutes on medium heat until vegetables are soft.
- Remove from heat and add two cups of cold water, ½ cup ketchup, and 3 tablespoon cream. Blend it until smooth.
- Strain the puree through a coarse strainer. Return soup to the pot.
Assemble
- Now add corns (with water from corn can) to this puree. Simmer soup on the lowest flames for 10 -15 minutes in the covered pot. Do a taste test, adjust salt if needed. Serve hot with croutons.
Notes
- Add some cornflour slurry to thicken the soup.
- Carb options: Add a handful of noodles or pasta with corn to thicken the soup.
- Veggie option: I find corn to be the best match in thin tomato soup. But if you like veggies in your soup, you can add carrot matchsticks, cabbage, and capsicum.
- Protein options: You can add prawns or velveted chicken directly to the soup.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 978mg | Potassium: 914mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 1690IU | Vitamin C: 58mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg