Creamy Tomato Soup With Cheese And Chilli Toast

To day we are going to start another edition of Mega Blogging Marathon.Every month we do a regular Blogging Marathon with three days a week and four weeks of the month with different themes. Two months that is April and September we do a full month Marathon with different themes or with a single theme in a Alphabetical order. This all September month we are going to serve you all with a buffet. For the first week we are going to cook a combo meal from different countries. I am going to do this in a order like start with a starter like soup and a starter and going to end up with a dessert combo.
                                                             In that order today I am going to post a soup with a toast. Creamy tomato soup with cheese and chilli toast a classic combo right.

So let's check the recipe for creamy tomato soup will post cheese and chilli toast recipe soon.....
INGREDIENTS:--- 

Tomatoes --- 5
Celery --- 2 inch stalk
Onion – 1 medium
Sugar – 1 tea sp
Butter – 1 tab sp
Bay leaf --- 1
Peppercorns --- 6
Salt to tast

Cream  ---  1/3 cup
Pepper powder --- 1/2 tea sp
1. Wash and chop celery and onion and wash.

2. In a pot heat water, bring to a full boil, give a slit on the top of the tomatoes and drop in to boiling water and boil for five minutes.

3. With in five minutes you can see the tomato skin getting separated from tomato now switch off the heat.

4. Remove the tomatoes from hot water and leave a side to cool. After few minutes you can peal the skin from tomatoes, chop boiled tomatoes and set a side.

5. Heat butter in a pan add bay leaf, pepper corns then add chopped onion,celery and fry for few min.

6. Then add tomatoes fry for 2min. then add 2 cups of water bring to a full boil now cover with a lid and bring to a full boil.

7.Remove from fire and strain through a strainer to remove the water and keep this water a side .
8. Discard bay leaf and let it cool and blend in a blender to get a puree and again pass through a strainer to get a smooth puree.
9. Now add the strained pure to reserved water and adjust the consistency with adding more water for your need
10. Now bring it back to heat add salt, sugar and pepper powder(according to your taste) mix and bring to a full boil and let it simmer for a couple of minutes.

11. Add cream to the soup and give a good stir switch off the heat.

Serve hot with cheese and chilli toast......

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