Spicy Tomato Soup

Description

After some looking at different recipes, I thought I would experiment with making an Indian Tomato Soup, as I once had in a restaurant. This comes close. Warning! Indian Chili powder is much spicier than your ordinary store-bought.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 tablespoon Indian chili powder
  • ½ cup water, or as needed
  • 1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • salt to taste
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream or half-and-half (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; stir in onions and bay leaves
  2. and cook about 5 minutes until the onions begin to soften. Add flour
  3. ginger-garlic paste
  4. garam masala
  5. turmeric
  6. and Indian chili powder. Cook and stir until fragrant
  7. about 1 minute.
  8. Pour the water into the pan
  9. and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom with a wooden spoon. Pour in the tomato puree and thin with additional water to desired consistency. Add sugar and salt; cook until sugar is dissolved and soup is hot
  10. about 5 minutes.
  11. Remove bay leaves and serve with cream if desired.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 6

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