creamy tomato soup recipe

Hi everyone ,

Ingredients

to prepare tomato puree:

• 3 tomatoes - ripped, chopped
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tej patta / bay leaf
• ½ cup water (add more if required)
• salt to taste

to prepare soup:

• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp maida / all purpose flour
• 2-1 tbsp sugar (add to your taste and depends on quality of tomatoes)
• 1 tbsp black pepper, crushed
• 5 tbsp fresh cream
• 1 slice bread, for croutons

Instructions

preparing croutons:

1. toast the bread with butter
2. cut to square pieces discarding the edges.

preparing tomato puree:

1. add 1 tbsp of butter and saute bay leaf for few seconds.
2. next add chopped tomatoes to the butter and saute for a minute
3. also add approximately ½ cup of water and cook tomatoes well.
4. add in some salt and cook for about 15 minutes on medium flame.
5. cool down completely and remove the bay leaf before you blend.
6. blend the cooked tomatoes to smooth puree.
7. strain the puree using a strainer. discard the seeds and skin of tomatoes.
8. make sure your your tomato puree is pure and smooth.

preparing soup:

1. add 1 tbsp of maida and fry for a minute. the raw smell of maida has to to disappear.
2. add the filtered tomato puree and give a good mix. get to a boil.
3. now add required amount of sugar and mix well.
4. now add crushed black pepper and give a quick mix.
5. lastly add some fresh cooking cream. mix and get to a boil
6. serve tomato soup hot with some fresh cream on top along with croutons.