Steamed tomato basil soup: (zero butter/oil)
About:
One of my favorite comfort dishes is tomato soup paired with a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with cucumber and a tomato slices. This is a tomato based thick variety soup served hot. This tomato soup is low in calories with full of flavors and taste which satisfy your taste buds
Health Benefits:
Tomato soup comes packed with beneficial lycopene — a red-hued nutrient that gives the soup its color. Lycopene offers powerful antioxidant protection, which means that it seeks out and neutralizes reactive oxygen species, a type of molecule linked to the aging process.
Yields-3-4 servings
Preparation time-15 minutes
Cooking time-15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Vine tomatoes-6-7 medium
- Diced white onion-1 medium
- Fresh basil-1 cup
- Chopped Garlic cloves-2
- Crushed pepper-1/2 tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Red chilli flakes-1/2 tsp (or as spice preferred)
- Vegetable broth-2 cups
- Low-fat coconut milk-1 cup
Procedure:
- Steam cook tomatoes, onion, garlic in a steamer for 6-8 minutes/until tender the skin of tomatoes starts peeling off.
- When the tomatoes are warm enough handle- peel off the skin and set aside.
- Place steamed tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil in a blender/food processor and blend to smooth puree.
- Now transfer the ground puree to a large saucepan, add vegetable broth and bring it to boil.
- Once it comes to boil, reduce the flame to medium and Add coconut milk, chilli flakes, and continue to cook for another 8-10 minutes.
- Once it reaches the desired consistency, season with ground pepper, salt and serve warm.
Note:
- Tomatoes can be roasted instead of steaming .
- For more creamy texture feel free to use fesh cream.
- Spices can be personalised as per the taste.
Posted on November 13, 2015, in Indian and tagged basil soup recipes, easy soup recipes, economical soup. ., food photography, healthy no cream soup, low calorie soup, quick to make soup, tomato soup. Bookmark the permalink. 41 Comments.
A beautiful bowl of soup Chitra, so good for you and delicious.
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Thank you Suzanne. …
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Thank you
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This looks great! 🙂
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Thanx a zillion Jackie…
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Very tasty! yumm
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Thanks Lynz
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sounds so good!
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☺☺☺
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Tasty and nutritious ….. yum 🙂
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Thank you Bharani….
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Yummy as well as healthy ☺☺
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Thanx a bunch Lina….
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A very delicious tasty clean tomato basil soup that i also love! Yummm!
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Thank you Sophie…:)
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🙂
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Nothing wrong with eating fats any more. New dietary advice in the States. Good looking soup, but I won’t be sparing the butter in it’s making. I can almost smell in in the pretty pictures.
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Am so glad to hear that…Await to know more about new dietary advise….
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Watch my blog. I’ll keep you posted! 🙂
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Sure… Thank you…
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Reblogged this on Chef Ceaser.
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Thank you
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Very nice! I like the coconut milk and basil part especially.
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Thank you Gerard. … glad you liked it… 🙂
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Your soup would be wonderful right now. It’s cold and very windy outside.
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Thank you… glad you liked it .. 🙂 🙂
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This soup is what I need now.. sounds very comforting Chitra 🙂
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Thanx a ton dear Ch…… 🙂 🙂
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Would love to try this. I bet steaming intensifies the flavor… yum!!
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Thank you Debbie…it was flavorsome and perfect for this weather…. glad you liked it.
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Love this! Thanks for sharing. 😃
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Mypleasure… thanx a lot… glad you liked it…
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This is just what I want to have in this chilly weather. Cheese sandwich is a great side dish with this tomato-basil soup.
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Thsnx a lot Mary Frances for stopping by and encouraging me with your lovely words…. 🙂 🙂
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Yummy soup!!
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Thank you Malar… 🙂 🙂
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Nice use of coconut milk in this soup, I have been looking for recipes as I have just started experimenting with it 🙂
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Thank you Kabul…glad you liked it… 🙂 🙂
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what a delicious comfort soup …You steam cooked onions ? never heard of this before ..Such a new technique ..
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Hi Sathya ji, yes I just steam cooked it along with tomatoes rather roasting or stir frying… Thank you for stopping by and encouraging me with your lovely feedback… glad you liked it… good day…
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