Tomato Soup

I love soup at any time of the year but particularly in winter.I could say it's a comfort food on cold winter mornings as they warm up from inside. Hence i just love winter and soup. So today's recipe is a very easy tomato soup which is my all time favorite soup. It taste best when served with bread chunks. Here is the piping hot ladleful of tomato soup. 

Ingredients

• 1 Onion,medium sized roughly chopped
• 3 Tomatoes, medium sized roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Peppercorns
• 3 cloves of Garlic
• a pinch of Turmeric powder
• Few Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt to taste

Method

• Melt the butter in a saucepan, add cumin seeds, garlic and peppercorns to it and fry for 30 seconds.

• Add the roughly chopped onions and fry for 1 minute or till it turns pink, do not fry golden brown.

• Add the chopped tomatoes and cook till it becomes soft.

• Cool and then blend it in a mixer to get smooth puree.

• Transfer the mixture to saucepan and add 3 cups of water, turmeric powder and salt and mix well.

• Bring it to boil, switch off the flame,

• Strain the mixture through a strainer, you can skip this step also.

• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with bread sticks.

Makes 3 Cups.