Roasted Tomato Soup

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Baked Potato Soup




Ingredients:
• 12 Bacon slices
• 2/3 Cup margarine
• 2/3 Cup all-purpose flour
• 7 Cups milk
• 4 Large baked potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 4 Green onions, chopped
• 1 1/4 Cups cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 Cup sour cream
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Ground black pepper

How to make Baked Potato Soup:
• Place bacon slices in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium heat till brown.
• Drain, crumble and set aside.
• In a stock pot or Dutch oven, melt the margarine over medium heat.
• Whisk in flour until smooth.
• Gradually stir in milk, whisking constantly, until thickened.
• Stir in potatoes and onions.
• Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Mix in bacon, cheese, sour cream, salt and pepper.
• Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted.
• Baked Potato Soup is ready.

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Vegitable Soup



Ingredients:
• 50 gm Carrot (scraped and chopped)
• 50 gm Cauliflower(chopped)
• 200 gm Tomato (chopped)
• 50 gm Butter
• 1 tbsp Oats
• 2 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
• 4 cm length Ginger
• 50 ml Milk
• 100 gm Small Onion(cut into thin circles)
• 2 tsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Corn flour or all purpose flour
• 1tsp Pepper Powder
• Salt as needed
• 1 Green chilly
• 8 cup Water
• 5-6 Coriander leaves(finely chopped)

How to make Vegetable Soup:
• Heat butter in a pan.
• Add ginger garlic paste and fry.
• Add vegetables, green chilli, salt, 8 cups of water and let it boil.
• When the vegetables are cooked, add pepper powder and mash.
• Mix maida and oats with milk and add to the soup.
• Reduce the flame.
• Add coriander leaves to the soup.
• Remove from the flame after it boils for a few minutes.
• Heat oil in another frying pan.
• Add onions and fry till golden.
• Transfer the fried onions to the soup and serve hot.

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Cauliflower Soup



Ingredients:
• 100g Potatoes (peeled and chopped)
• 500g Cauliflower (separated into little florets)
• 800ml Vegetable Stock or Water
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1/4 tsp Ginger
• 2 Garlic Cloves (crushed)
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 Onion (chopped)
• Salt and Pepper (as per taste)
• Coriander Leaves finely chopped (garnishing)

How to make Cauliflower Soup:
• Heat the butter in a good sized saucepan, depending on the number of people for whom you are preparing soup.
• When the butter is heated, fry in ginger, bay leaf and onion for 5 minutes or until brown.
• Push the knob on the medium flame and add potatoes, cauliflower and garlic in it. Cook for another 5 minutes.
• Now, add stock or water and bring it to boil. Cook the soup until the cauliflower leaves are tender.
• When the cauliflower leaves become tender, puree the soup using a hand blender and sieve it.
• Bring the soup to boil again and add salt and pepper as per your taste.
• Pour the soup in the bowls and garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve hot.