Tomato Soup

Talking about the soups, it is the cream of tomato soup recipe that makes the top score. There are distinctive kinds of soups like cream of vegetable soup, mushroom soup, hot and sour soup and sweet corn soup etc that find a place for themselves in the restaurant food menu card, but the fresh tomato soup is definitely the most demanded by people.

Creamy tomato soup receipe does not consist of cumbersome steps. In fact, it is very easy to prepare this recipe. As far as the nutritional value of tomato soup is concerned, it contains about 3.5 gram proteins, 23.7-gram carbohydrates, 8.3-gram fats and 180 calories. Here are presented the steps as to how to make the receipe of fresh tomato soup.

• Cooking Time: 35 minutes

• Ingredients
  • 150g tomatoes
  • 1small onion
  • 1 table spoon arrowroot
  • 1/2 cup skimmed milk
  • 1 cup water/stock
  • Salt/ pepper
  • 1 teaspoon (10g) white butter

• Method:
  • Take a pan and put half the butter in it for heating purpose.
  • Put the chopped onion and tomato in the pan and fry them for about 5 minutes.
  • Add some water or stock to it and simmer the vegetables for 15 - 20 minutes, until it softens.
  • Take a blender and put the mixture in it for the purpose of liquidizing. Now strain the soup mixture.
  • Pour the left out butter into the pan and heat it. Stir in arrowroot. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Take the pan off the fire and add milk to it. Now put the mixture on heat again. Bring it to a boil and cook for about 3-4 minutes, until the mixture thickens and becomes smooth.
  • Whisk the tomato puree into the white sauce. Heat to the serving temperature.