Tamatar Dhaniya Shorba (Tomato coriander Soup)

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Aromatic, spicy Shorba flavored with coriander leaves and whole spices.

Ingredients:

 600 gm Tomatoes

1 tbsp green coriander, chopped fine

1 tbsp ginger, chopped

1 tbsp garlic, chopped

2 green chilies slit vertically

4 -5 peppercorns (kali mirch)

2 -3 cloves

2 cinnamon stick

1 tsp Cumin seeds

1 tsp garam masala

1 tbsp Sugar (optional)

1 tbsp Oil

Salt to taste

Method:

•  Wash and cut tomatoes into quarters.
• Cook tomatoes with chopped ginger, garlic, green chilies and whole spices. Add 5 cups of water. Bring to a boil.
• Simmer for twenty five minutes on a slow flame until tomatoes are mashed completely.
• Strain the mixture with a soup strainer.
• Heat up oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, let them crackle. Add strained tomato liquid and season with salt.
• Bring it to a boil, add sugar if it is very sour.
• Serve hot, garnished with green coriander leaves.