Today was an unusually cold day for the Australian summer and, after going for a walk in the morning, I felt that particular feeling which announces the coming of the sore throat. Thankfully an Epiphany came to me presently: I need tomato soup.

I have looked up tomato soups before since I thought it might be a good way to eat turmeric. This difficult to handle spice, with plenty of health benefits, just easily blends in with the flavour of a hearty tomato soup.

With that in mind, I quickly found a few nice recipes: Turmeric Tomato Detox Soup, Indian Tomato Soup and Turmeric-Tomato Black Pepper Soup.

Based on these, I came up with the following:

Name	Indian-style Tomato Soup with Turmeric
Serves	2 as a full meal, 4 as an entree
Dr. Greger Points	3
Costs	US$ 4
Cooking time	40 min (first time) / 30 min (repeats)
Difficulty	Beginner

Ingredients

2 chopped tomatos
6 chopped cherry tomatos
3/4 teaspoon of turmeric
1-2 cups of vegetable stock (salt-less, find our recipe for here)
3/8 teaspoon of salt (that's our maximum allowed for a dish!)
1/4 to 1/3 bottle of Mutti Passata (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon of pepper
1/4 teaspoon of dry basil leaves
6 cloves of garlic, slice to medium sized slices
1 small red onion, chopped
2 fresh chillies, chopped
2 tablespoon of olive oil
4 Indian Bay Leaves (Tej Patta)

Preparation

In a medium to large size pot, heat some of the olive oil on low heat
Add onion
After a while, add the Indian Bay Leaves
Add the turmeric
When the onion have changed, colour add chillies
Shortly afterwards, add the garlic and the rest of the oil
Fry all this until the garlic looks a slightly yellowish brown (the yellowish is, of course, thanks to the turmeric)
Add chopped tomatos
Increase to medium heat
Fry until the spices and tomatoes have formed a paste
Add vegetable stock
Add Mutti Passata (not all of it)
Cook this for a while
Add salt, pepper and basil
Add 1 cup of water

Taste it. If it doesn't taste right, add Mutti Passata to give it more of a tangy-tomatoy taste, salt if it just doesn't taste right, pepper to make it more spicy, water to make it more soupy, or oil to make it richer.

Serve with bread or just eat it by itself!

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Indian-style Tomato Soup with TurmericPublished onSat, 30 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Indian-style Tomato Soup with Turmeric
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Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT