Healthy Tomato Soup

Name: Healthy Tomato Soup
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg fresh tomatoes; 1 medium onion; 1-2 carrots; 1 inch ginger; 2-3 garlic cloves; 1 medium sized beetroot; 1 medium potato; 1/2 lemon For lemon Juice; 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder; 1 tablespoon butter; to taste Salt

Alka Thakur @AlkaThakur

Cooking is my passion. This is my first post here and I hope you all like it.
Tomato soup is very easy to make and if there is a healthy twist to it, it does wonders. I am sure most of you might be making it. I add a few different things to give it a creamy texture and restaurant style look.

Alka Thakur @AlkaThakur

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Ingredients

1 kgfresh tomatoes
1medium onion
1-2carrots
1 inchginger
2-3garlic cloves
1medium sized beetroot
1medium potato
1/2 lemonFor lemon Juice
1bay leaf
1 teaspoonsugar
1/2 teaspoonpepper powder
1 tablespoonbutter
to tasteSalt

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Steps

1

Chop all the vegetabkes roughly and keep aside.
2

Heat a large enough pressure cooker on medium heat.
3

Add butter. When the butter has melted add the bayleaf.
4

Add ginger, garlic, onions, carrots and toast them for about 4 to 5 minutes.
5

Next add cubed potatoes and beetroot. Mix well and let them cook for about 3 minutes.
6

Add the chopped tomatoes and salt. Mix well and let it cook for about 5 minutes.
7

Add about 500 ml of water, mix well and close the pressure cooker. Let it cook for 5 whistles and turn off the heat.
8

Wait for the pressure cooker to depressurise on it's own. Open the cooker only after it has completely depressurised.
9

Allow the veggies to cool and grind them to fine puree.
10

Place a clean pressure cooker or a wide and deep pan on low heat and strain the ground puree into it.
11

Add sugar, pepper powder and lemon juice to the boiling puree. Adjust salt if required and being heat one boil and turn off the heat.
12

Serve your soup hot garnished with cream, mint and bread crumbs.