This soup is warming and full of flavour. I like to make this soup during the winter, as tomatoes can be a little dull in taste during those months and roasting them makes even the blandest of tomatoes really delicious. The roasted garlic gives your immune system a bit of a well-needed boast at this time of year. Topped with some naan bread croutons (heart-shaped if you like!), coriander and red onion, it is a perfect meal for two. The quantities below make enough for 2 people.
You will need:
5 tomatoes, cut in half
1 small onion, cut into quarters
¼ garlic bulb
200ml coconut milk 250ml bouillon (or vegetable stock)
125ml water
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground pepper
¼ tsp garam masala
Authentic Punjabi Garam Masala Garnish (optional): coriander leaves, finely chopped red onion, naan bread croutons
Method:
1. Heat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Put the halved tomatoes onto a tray, cut side up, and put them into the oven to cook for 1 hour.
Note: To save turning the oven on just for this dish, make it when you are cooking another dish in the oven at the same time. (i.e. Baking a cake)
2. Half an hour into the cooking time, cut the tops off the garlic to expose the tops of each clove and add the ¼ bulb to the tray.
3. 10 minutes later (so 40 minutes into the cooking time), add the onion to the tray.
4. After an hour, take the tray out of the oven. Squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins, and add them, the tomatoes and onion to a saucepan.
5. Add the rest of the ingredients to the saucepan, and bring the mixture to the boil.
6. Once it has boiled, simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Liquidise the mixture and pass it through a sieve to remove the tomato seeds and skin.
8. You can serve this soup hot or chilled. I like to serve it hot in the winter months, and chilled in the summer.
9. Garnish with coriander, finely chopped red onion and some naan bread croutons.
If you are going to be enjoying this soup with a special someone, you can cut the naan bread with a heart shaped cookies cutter (as I have).
By Safia Hothi-Bellamy of Pure Punjabi
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