Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Carrot&Tomato Soup

Because of our hectic life lifestyle we ignore adding fibre to our diet which is important but it is very difficult for some people to consume it in its original form.Juices and soups always work better than just boiled/steamed vegetables or salads.Carrots and tomatoes are available year round, but for some reason, the warm, red colour and the use of a spices like pepper and salt make carrot tomato soup feel like an autumn food.The nutritional value of tomato n carrot makes it good for eye disorders,indigestion,diarrhea,skin care,weight loss and helps in cleansing body of toxic compounds.You don't have to saute anything in this recipe, its very simple, quick n easy to make.Enjoy this soup with nice grilled cheese sandwich.




Serves-2

Ingredients:

Tomatoes-2

Carrots-4

Pepper powder to taste

Salt to taste

Water -1 1/2 cup


Method:

1. Peel the carrots and wash carrorts n tomato in water.Roughly chop the carrots into small pieces.

2. In pressure cooker add water and to it add tomatoes and chopped carrots.Close the lid of cooker and let it pressure cook for 15 min on medium flame or after 2 whistles of cooker switch off the flame.Let it cool down till the pressure goes.

3. Now in a blender transfer carrots,tomatoes(if u want remove the skin of tomatoes) n water.Now blend it till it forms into smooth puree.

4. Add this puree in cooker and to it add little salt n pepper as desired and let it boil for few minutes.Transfer it in a serving bowl.

5. Serve hot.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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