TOMATO SOUP

INGREDIENTS

4 tomatoes

1 onion finely chopped

3-4 garlic flakes finely chopped

½ tsp black pepper powder

¼ cup butter, 1 tbsp oil

A pinch of sugar

2 tbsp fresh cream to garnish

Salt to taste

PREPARATION & METHOD

1 Boil the tomatoes for few minutes, let it cool, peel the skin, (the seed may also be removed if sour taste is not required), keep aside

2Heat oil and butter together, add garlic flakes and let it splutter, add onion and shallow fry it, add black pepper powder, take out and allow cooling

3 Blend the tomato and the fried onion together in a mixer and make a fine paste, strain the mixture to get rid of waste and pure tomato puree

4 Heat this puree with requisite quantity of water for about 10 to 15 minutes on low flame till the thickness of the soup is of dressed consistency

5 Serve hot adding little bit of fresh cream to the soup