Tamatar Shorba Recipe

Ingredients

Tomatoes 500g
Chopped ginger 10g
Chopped garlic 10g
Whole garam masala 10g
Bay leaf 2no
Chopped green coriander 20g
Cumin seeds 5g
Sugar (optional) 15g
Oil as required
Green chili 2no
Vegetable stock or water 1 lt
Salt as per taste

Method

1. Wash and chop tomatoes.
2. Cook tomatoes with chopped ginger, garlic, green chilies cut into two and Whole Garam Masala. Add water and bay leaf. Bring to a boil.
3. Simmer for twenty minutes on a slow flame until tomatoes are mashed completely.
4. Strain the mixture with a soup strainer.
5. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, let them crackle. Add strained tomato liquid and season with salt.
6. Bring it to a boil, add sugar if it is very sour.
7. Serve tamatar ka shorba hot, garnished with chopped green coriander leaves.