Saturday 15 May 2010

Tomato Soup


Ingredients:

1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
3 medium sized tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed and roughly chopped
Salt and pepper- to taste
1 cube chicken (or Veg) stock
Little oil

Method:
  1. In a deep bottomed pan, put a little oil. Once heated, add the onions to it.
  2. When the onions start changing colour to translucent, add in the garlic.
  3. When the onions start to brown, add in the tomatoes.
  4. Stir occasionally ensuring that it does not stick to bottom of pan or burn.
  5. When the tomatoes begin to whither, add the salt and pepper. Do not add too much salt as there the chicken cube is usually salty.
  6. Stir for around 2 minutes.
  7. Powder the chicken cube and add to the mixture.
  8. Stir in well ensuring that no lumps remain.
  9. When the tomatoes are a dark red colour, it shows that they are cooked. Add a few drops of water to get a thick consistency.
  10. Remove from flame and put in blender.
  11. Blend to a smooth paste.

    Soup is ready to serve. Goes well with toasted bread.