Take a pressure cooker add chopped tomato, onion, carrot, 1/2 tbsp salt and 1/2 Cup Water. Cover and cook for 5-6 whistles on medium flame. Veggies are fully cooked and soft. Mash veggies with a masher.

Sieve it in a bowl. Mash and sieve veggies with spatula.

Heat a pan on medium flame add 1 tbsp butter and bay leaf. Add sieve soup and mix it well and take a boil. Add 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp tomato ketchup. Mix well add 1/4 tbsp black pepper powder. Add 1 Cup boiling hot water. Let soup boil for 2-3 minutes.

For slurry take 2 tbsp Corn Flour and mix 1/4 cup water. Slowly add slurry in soup and keep mixing. Cook for 1 more minute. Soup is ready.

Now let's make croutons. To make croutons, heat a pan add little oil. Put small size bread pieces. Cook from both sides till crisp.