Tomato Soup

An easy peasy tomato soup without cornflour or red colour.

Ingredients:

• Tomato 4-5
• Onion 1 medium
• Garlic cloves 3-4
• Pepper corns 5-6
• Salt to taste
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Yellow pumpkin a small piece (optional)
• Butter 2 tsp
• Fresh cream 2 tbsp

Method:

• Slice the onions and chop the tomatoes and pumpkin roughly.
• Heat butter in a thick sauce pan.
• Saute the onion, garlic, pumpkin and tomatoes fof 2-3 minutes.
• Add salt, sugar and pepper corns. Pour 3-4 cups of water and bring it to a boil.
• Simmer on low flame till all vegetables are cooked well.
• Remove from fire and strain the mixture.
• Pulse the vegetable residue in a mixer till it is a fine paste.
• Add this to the strained liquid and bring to a boil. Simmer on low flame till the desired consistency is attained.
• Drizzle some fresh cream on top and Serve it piping hot with bread croutons.