Tomato Soup - Restaurant Style

If u say soup,the first thing which comes to my mind is Tomato soup.Going for dinner tonight?the first you would order is tomato soup.Everybody loves it.For a nice evening cool evening  lets have hot comfy soup.Why not make restaurant style tomato soup at home today?

Here is what u need

5 ripe roma tomatoes (not the sour variety)
2 small carrot
1/2 onion
3 pod garlic
1 teaspoon ghee
2 tablespoon oil
1 Bay leaf
11/2 tspn sugar.
1/2 tspn cornsflour
3 Tbspn
3 pinch pepper powder.

1) Take a pan,heat ghee and oil.Add bayleaf,lengthwise chopped onion,chopped garlic and fry for 2 min .Then add sliced carrot fry for 2min  in medium heat.Add roughly chopped tomatoes,3 pinch pepper powder,1/2 cup water.,salt to taste.Cover it and cook for abt 10 min.Remove bay leaf.

2)Blend the above mixture to a very smooth paste and strain it.

4)Add some more water,sugar and bring it to boil.Mix cornflour in water and add it.Then the cream.Boil it again.

5)Serve with croutons(fried bread or fried tea rusk)

Croutons

 

Slice the white bread into small pieces.
Deep fry them in oil+1tspn ghee on a low-med flame(if u number ur heat index from 1 to 8,then fry it in 3-4) not on high for abt 10 min till crispy.Tends to absorb more oil.But worth the taste.