Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes 7 medium sized
  
• Cinnamon (dalchini)
• Ginger
• Bay leaf (Tejpatta)
• Kalmi
• cumin seeds ( jeera)
• Pure ghee 1 table spoon
• Salt as required
• Turmeric powder
• Asafoetida 1 tea spoon 
• 1 red chili
• 10-15 grapes washed
• Jaggery powdered 3 tablespoon  
• Coriander leaves finely chopped for garnishing

Time Required:

15 minutes.

Serving:

4 persons

Method:

• Wash the tomatoes and boil them in a pan.
• Put them in cold water and peel the skin. Adding in cold water will make it easy to peel the skin.
• Blend the tomatoes and washed grapes to become soft puree.
• Filter the puree with big funnel.
• Take a table spoon of ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds, red chilly broken into 2-3 parts, bay leaf (tejpan) and let it crackle. 
• Add Asafoetida and  5 cups of water and let it boil.
• After it starts boiling, add the tomato-gravy to the pan.
• Add kalami, salt, jaggery and let it boil.
• After 5 minutes, garnish with coriander leaves.
• Soup is ready to take in it bowl.
• Serve hot along with Khichdi or Rice.  It is good for patients also. 

Health Benefits:

Rich source of vitamin A,C, K, foliate and potassium, low in calories and fat-free tomatoes provide thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, magnesium, phosphorus and copper.

Eating tomatoes daily protects against high blood pressure, high cholesterol, strokes and heart diseases. Moreover, we can call it as youth beauty fruit since tomatoes make skin look great. Lycopene in it makes skin less sensitive to UV light damage which is main cause of fine lines and wrinkles. Beta carotene helps protect skin against sun damage.

Bonus Tip :

You can add black pepper and curry leaves which will give you different taste. 

Fuel Saving Tip :

Remember you can save up to 30% of gas/fuel if you simply switch on the gas stove only after preparation of all required materials within reach. You will not only avoid the idle flame but also will save wastage of 135gs of gas.