Tomato Soup (No Onion No Garlic) / Restaurant Style Tomato Soup

This Tomato Soup is flavorful, nutritious, very delicious, and restaurant-style. It is an Indian-Style tomato soup without onion and garlic. The soup is perfect for warming you up after a long day!

If you are looking for homemade Tomato Soup in restaurant style, then you have landed at the right place. We can make an appealing soup as an appetizer for our family and guests with this recipe.

If you love to try healthy soups that are filling and nutritious, check out Spinach Lentil Soup / Dal and Palak Soup.

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• About Tomato Soup
• Why You Will Love This Soup
• Ingredients
• Step-by-Step Directions
• Serving Suggestion
• Helpful Tips
• Frequently Asked Questions
• More Appetizer Recipes
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About Tomato Soup

Tomato Soup is low-calorie, light, tangy, and a little sweet, and we can make it as spicy as we prefer. The recipe is quick and incredibly easy. This soup is famous worldwide, and everyone has their own taste and style of making it.

My recipe is straightforward, with few ingredients, but it tastes delicious. I don’t prefer it too much spicy, so this soup is mildly spicy but flavorful.

The beauty of this soup is that we can also include other veggies. Tomato is a versatile ingredient and matches well with other elements. 

This soup is homemade and homestyle. But the texture and appearance are restaurant-worthy. You should try this recipe if you are looking for a soup without onion, garlic, or Jain tomato soup.

Homemade soup is nutritious, healthy, and made with fresh tomatoes. We don’t need any food color, and the soup looks naturally beautiful!

Tomato Soup is hearty and very flavorful. This soup without onion and garlic is restaurant-style but healthy, nutritious, and very delicious.

I hope you will like this recipe and you will include it in your soup recipes.

Why You Will Love This Soup

• The recipe is easy and straightforward to follow.
• This Tomato Soup is healthy, nutritious, and delicious.
• The soup is perfect for warming up after a long day.
• It does not only contain tomatoes but has the benefits of other veggies.
• It is a homemade soup recipe but tastes restaurant-style.

Ingredients

1. Tomatoes: We need fresh, juicy, and ripe tomatoes. If tomatoes are unripe, the soup will be sour, and we will need to add more sugar to balance the tanginess. So red, fresh, and ripe tomatoes are necessary to make this soup.
2. Butter or Oil: I prefer butter to enhance the soup’s flavor. But we can also use oil and especially for the vegan diet. So you can use either butter or oil as per your preference.
3. Ginger: Ginger provides spiciness as well as peppery and sweet flavor to this soup. This Tomato Soup is without onion and garlic, so I would say ginger is the star element. But if you are following a strict Jain diet or, for any other reason, do not want to use ginger, add a pinch of asafoetida and dried ginger powder. That will also enhance the flavor of tomato soup.
4. Black Peppercorns: Black pepper is always a part of any delicious soup. Adding only salt and pepper makes any bland soup a delicious one. I have used whole black peppercorns and have added them to the tomato mixture to blend. You can also use freshly ground black pepper. Don’t add the whole black peppercorns initially; instead, add freshly ground black pepper while adding sugar to tomato soup.
5. Coriander Stems: The stems of fresh coriander add delicious flavor to this soup. If you do not have stems, you skip it. But do not add coriander leaves.
6. Red Chili Powder: I have used red Kashmiri chili powder, which provides deep color to this soup. Kashmiri chili powder is not spicy; hence this soup is mainly spiced with ginger and black pepper. But you can skip the red chili powder, or if you want your soup spicy, add your choice of red chili powder.
7. Sugar: It precisely enhances the taste of the soup and also balances the tanginess of tomatoes. However, you can add sugar as much less or more as per your preference.

Step-by-Step Directions

• Heat butter or oil in a pan.

• Add black peppercorns and chopped ginger to this, and saute for a few seconds.

• Then add chopped celery and carrots, and cook for a minute.

• Add chopped tomatoes, coriander stems, water, red chili powder, and salt. Mix well.

• Cover the lid and cook the mixture on medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft and thoroughly cooked.

• Let the mixture cool a bit and transfer it into a blender jar.

• Blend the tomato mixture into a fine puree. 

• Pass the puree through the sieve.
• This step is necessary for smooth and velvety tomato soup.

• Transfer the puree back into a pan and heat it again. Add sugar and mix.
• If you want the soup thinner, adjust the consistency with water. But do not add too much water, as it will imbalance the other flavors.
• Adjust the salt if needed, and let this soup simmer for 5-7 minutes.

• Turn off the heat and transfer the soup into serving bowls.
• Garnish it with cream, croutons, or as you please. 

Serving Suggestion

• Serve Tomato Soup with croutons. You can also garnish your soup with heavy cream.
• This tomato soup goes well with bread slices, toasted with butter. I love to have this soup with my Homemade French Bread.
• Also, we can serve it with our choice of appetizers, like Kebabs or Tikki.

Helpful Tips

• Carrot and Celery:  If you do not want to use either carrot or celery or both, add 1 & ½ cups of water instead of 2 cups. Later you can add more water if needed to adjust the consistency.
• Coriander Stems: Coriander stems provide a nice flavor to the soup. Skip it if you do not have it, but do not use coriander leaves.
• Sugar: Add sugar as you need, more or less, depending on how tangy your soup is.
• Red Chili Powder: I have used Kashmiri red chili powder, which is not too spicy but enhances the soup’s color.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Adding Carrots and Celery In Tomato Soup?

• The addition of carrot and celery intensifies the nutritional value of the Tomato Soup. And that is not the only reason I am using these veggies. 
• Carrots add natural sweetness, balance the sourness of tomatoes, and enhance the soup’s color.
• Celery gives its savory and earthy flavor to the soup. It also balances the tanginess of tomatoes by enhancing the natural sweetness of the soup.
• Moreover, carrots and celery make this soup thick, creamy, and rich; hence, we don’t need to add any solidifying agent like cornstarch.
• But this is not vegetable soup, right? It is Tomato Soup, so we will have to be mindful of using other veggies. Make sure to use a small carrot and a small celery stalk. These veggies are used to enhance the soup’s flavor and nutritional value, but they should not overpower the taste of tomatoes. 

Can I Skip Carrot and/or Celery?

Yes! If you do not want to use carrots, celery, or both, just skip them. But then, for cooking tomatoes, add less water. Instead of 2 cups of water, add 1 & ½ Cups of water. And you can add more water if needed to adjust the consistency of the soup.

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