This is a hearty, filling and tasty tomato soup recipe made with fresh tomatoes. You can make it with canned tomatoes as well which makes this recipe quicker. Adding carrot and beetroot up its nutritional quotient and the beetroot lends a beautiful colour to it. But, if you don't like beetroot you can leave it out. This simple tomato soup has the base of carrots, onion and garlic and it is so yummy.
Tomato soup is a classic recipe that one can end up having all the year long though it is just perfect for fall or winter. While I love cream of tomato soup, this version is thicker and more nutritious. You can add a splash of cream at the time of serving if you like it that way. My favourite though is serving the soup with croutons or bread sticks.
Here is my tomato and carrot soup recipe:
Tomato Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb. tomatoes or 500 gm.
- ½ beetroot (optional)
- 3 carrots
- 1 small onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- ½ inch ginger
- 1 tsp. pepper
- ½ tsp. oregano
- 1 tsp. butter or olive oil
- 1 tsp. salt
- Croutons to serve
- 1 tsp. cream optional for serving
Instructions
- Peel and cut all the vegetables into small pieces. Heat butter or olive oil in a soup pot or pan. Saute ginger, garlic and onions till they are fragrant for about 5 minutes.
- Now add in the crushed tomatoes with their juice, salt and sugar. Simmer for about 10 minutes till they are well cooked.
- Once cool, take it out and puree well to a smooth paste. Sieve it and put the soup back on fire.
- Now add oregano and black pepper to taste.
- Adjust seasoning to taste.
- Garnish with a swirl of cream and serve hot.
Notes
- You can use a can of tomatoes in place of fresh tomatoes for faster cooking.
- Garnish with croutons for a lovely crunch.
Nutrition
This is the perfect season to have this healthy and nutritious tomato soup. Kids love it as well.
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You will enjoy this one especially in the chilly evenings of winter. Enjoy.
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Alok Singhal says
I should try this sometime...sounds very healthy!
Rachna says
That was quick, Alok. 🙂 Yes, it is a nice variation to the tomato soup.
Alok Singhal says
Yes, I was on Twitter...so got to it right away. I love carrots anyway and drink juice made of it daily these days.
Rachna says
This is a good season for carrots in India. They are sweet and so lovely just as it is.
Shailaja V says
I have made something similar when I was on an all-liquid diet for about 2 months last year. Soups saved my life 🙂 This one looks delicious. Definitely going to try making it.
tuhinmech says
I regularly take carrot-beet root soups. But never thought of adding tomatoes.
Thanks a lot for this post. I will try it soon
Beat About The Book says
Oh yes I've done this one. Love it. But had forgotten about it for some time. Thank you.
Roshan Radhakrishnan says
Okay. I am really intrigued and will certainly be trying this out. I have heard of cold beetroot soups from friends in Russia during their days there... but this combo sounds really good - in the end, which flavour did you feel predominates with this recipe? The tomato/beetroot?
Rachna says
It's the beetroot that dominates along with tomato. It is quite hearty and well balanced and the color is so appetizing. Try it and let me know.
Shilpa Garg says
A perfect soup for a cold winter evening! Will try it out soon.
Rachna says
You will like it. So simple to make as well. 🙂
Datta Ghosh Das (@IamDattaGhosh) says
cool recipe will try out soon
Bikramjit says
Perfect a healthy warm soup. .. ☺☺
pixie says
Gosh! It looks so good!! 😀
yumm!! Will try it out! 🙂
Ravish Mani says
In our house, it's made in same way but without oregano 🙂
Rachna says
And it won't really make too much of a difference either way. 🙂
kokilagupta says
Same like Ravish's home .. Sans oregano . But just like i put saunf in dry arbi after your post ...will try this too 🙂
Rachna says
So did you like the arbi with a twist? You can easily skip oregano and it won't alter the taste much. These are my little additions to the recipe. 🙂
Beat About The Book says
Ooh i love that header. And also the soup - but that I told you already 🙂
Rachna says
Thanks, Tulika. 🙂
Roma Gupta SInha says
I ran thru your recipes, my dear, found them really worthy and simple to try, am sure gonna try them 🙂
Dr. Harimohan says
to me beetroot is a favourite so is tomatoes ,its richness in colour flavour and tanginess gets into me ,have you heard of beetroot in masala dosa ,well the Indian coffee house chains make that as a speciality ,started when potatoes were very costly and beetroots were found in abundance !
Rachna says
Thank you for sharing that interesting trivia.