Tomato Soup
Also known as Easy Tomato Soup, Tomato Shorba · Veg · Snacks & Starters, Soups & Salads
You’ll need: Oven, Air Fryer, Pressure Cooker
Good for: Rainy Day
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7 steps, each one filmed
A short video for every step, so your hands never have to leave the pan.
Tomato soup: tomatoes pressure-cooked with butter, star anise, pepper and Kashmiri chilli, blended and finished with cream. Mild, serves 4, 25 min, video.
Low calorie
Ingredients
15 itemsBread, Cubes2
Bay Leaves1
Black Peppercorns½ tsp
Star Anise1
Garlic4 cloves
Water4 cup
Salt1 tsp
Sunflower Oil3 tsp
Butter2 tbsp
Dried Kashmiri Red Chilli2
Onion, Finely Chopped1
Tomato, Roughly Chopped5
Coriander Leaves¼ cup
Sugar2 tsp
Fresh Cream1 tbsp
Contains: milk, wheat, soya.
Nutrition
One serving, and the whole batch of 4. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per serving | All 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 190kcal | 760kcal |
| Protein | 3.3g | 13g |
| Carbohydrate | 19g | 76g |
| Fat | 12g | 48g |
| Fibre | 3.4g | 14g |
| Sugar | 7.4g | 30g |
Cookd masalas for tomato
Method
- 1
To make the Croutons, cut the bread into 1-inch cubes, brush with oil and shallow fry in a Tawa or bake in an oven for 10-15 mins at 200 C.
BreadSunflower Oil
- 2
In a pressure cooker add butter, bay leaf, Kashmiri red chilli, star anise, peppercorns and saute for a minute.
Bay LeavesBlack PeppercornsStar AniseButterDried Kashmiri Red Chilli
- 3
Add 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped onion and saute for a minute.
GarlicOnion
- 4
Add 5 roughly chopped tomatoes, 1 cup of water, fresh coriander leaves and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
WaterTomatoCoriander Leaves
- 5
Open the pan, remove bay leaf and using a hand blender or mixer grinder, blend this into a smooth puree. Strain this using a strainer.
- 6
In another saucepan add the strained mixture, 2 cups of water and bring it to boil. Add sugar and salt.
WaterSaltSugar
- 7
Add 1 tbsp fresh cream to the soup, simmer for 2 more minutes. And serve hot with croutons.
Fresh Cream
Before you start
- How long does Tomato Soup take?
- 25 minutes from start to finish. That is 10 minutes of preparation and 15 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Tomato Soup serve?
- 4. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Tomato Soup vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Tomato Soup spicy?
- It is mild: 1 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Tomato Soup?
- 5 Tomato, 1 tbsp Fresh Cream, ¼ cup Coriander Leaves, 2 Bread, 1 Bay Leaves, 1 Star Anise, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Tomato Soup?
- Yes, this one is cooked under pressure.
- How many calories are in Tomato Soup?
- About 190 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
5 notes- S
Safiya SulthanaNovember 2022
Simple, easy to make and yummyyyy💖
- M
Malarkodi SJuly 2025
can we add kasmiri powder instead of kashmiri chilli
- S
ShereenJuly 2024
Yummy! It came out so well
- C
A Cookd cookMay 2023
✨🫶
- V
VedaNovember 2021
great
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