Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

Butter - 1/2 stick 

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsb 

Chopped garlic - 2 tsb 

Chopped Onions - 1 cup 

Chopped Toamtoes - 3 

Chopped celary - 2 sticks (Optional)

Chopped Carrot - 1 

Chopped Bell pepper / Capsicum - 1

Basil/ Tulasi leaves - few

Pepper - 1/2 tsb 

Sugar - 1/4 tsb 

All purpose Flour/Maida - 1/2 tsb  acts as thickening agent

Cream - Optional 

Method:

1) Heat butter in a pan and add Cumin seeds,chopped garlic,onions,bell pepper and cook well.

2) Add chopped celery,carrot to the pan and stir well.

3) Add Tomatoes and salt and cook well.

4) Add Basil leaves , pepper and water to the pan and cook well.

5) Keep the mixture aside and let it cool completely.

6) When cooled add the mixture to the blender and make a paste.

7) Heat a pan on low flame and add small butter cube and flour to it and stir well till it changes its color to golden brown.

8) Add the blended mixture slowly little by little to thepan and stir well.

9) Add sugar and cream which are optional to the pan and mix well.

10) Serve hot.

Tip:

The blended mixture can be filtered and used  to get a fine soup.