SOUPS : TOMATO SOUP

TOMATO SOUP :   (Simple method to prepare) (This is my method and there may be many methods available.  But my children like it this way v much).


Things required :  Tomato (can be anykind) - 4 nos. , big onion - 1 no., salt, pepper powder, butter (or ghee if butter is not available tat time), corn flour - 1 teaspoonful.


Preparation :


1.  Boil 4 nos. of tomatoes until the skin breaks .
2.  Cool it and peel off the tomatoes and make it a puree in a mixie.
3.  Filter it (take a filter which has big holes. can be a tamarind puree filter).
4.  Add little salt to the filtered tomatoe puree and boil it.
5.  In the meantime, cut 1 big onion into big cubes and grind it in the same mixie with little water.
6.  Filter this also (if it is thick and cant be filtered add little more water) and pour it to the boiling tomato puree.
7.  Boil with constant stirring.  Add 1 teaspoonful of corn flour mixed in little coldwater to the boiling soup.
8.  Remove from stove after 1 min.
9.  In a bowl, pour hot soup and then add required salt and required pepper powder and then add 1 tspn of butter (this gives a good taste) or ghee.
10.  Serve hot for a tasty tomato soup.


CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP :
11.  Add fresh cream while serving the above tomato soup.