Cream of Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 Kg tomatoes
• 1-1/2 tsp butter
• Chopped garlic (3 tsps)
• A small piece of ginger chopped
• 1/2 a chili chopped
• Coriander leaves chopped (handful)
• Basil (for taste)
• 1 tbsp light cream
• Salt as per taste

Method

• Puree the tomatoes and keep aside.
• Heat a vessel on medium flame.
• Add butter and then add chopped garlic, chopped ginger, chili and coriander leaves and saut� until it emits a nice aroma.
• Add the pureed tomatoes and let it simmer.
• Add some water if required.
• Now add basil leaves and salt according to taste.
• When it boils, remove the vessel from the stove and let the soup cool.
• After the soup cools, strain the soup.
• Take the strained soup, keep on medium flame again, add cream to it, and let simmer for sometime.
• Delicious cream of tomato soup is ready.