Tomato Soup - 4 Ingredient fix

 Tomato soup is the only soup that I knew when I was young. This recipe is dedicated to my mom, as it's her recipe and didn't make any changes. :)

My mom was a working working women, and did all the things to make us eat healthy food. Thought I and my brother were not so good in eating, she used to try simple yet very delicious food for us. This soup is one of them, and I used to love it a lot and actually was not aware of any other soup until I grew up.

From the time I started blogging I tried to make this recipe so many times and could not, basically the reason being that Anush never liked to eat/drink soup at all. So I also didn't have much interest after that. This time when I tried, he really loved it as much as we did. I think after all it's the matter of age, kids learn and get used to new flavors and choices as they grow and it also depends on each kid.

Ingredients:
------------
6 Tomatoes (ripe and red) chopped
1 small Onion chopped
2-3 Garlic cloves chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 tbsp Butter
1/4 tsp Chili powder (optional)

Method:
---------
1. In a heavy bottom sauce pan add butter, chopped garlic and onions and saute until onion is translucent.
2. Add the tomatoes, salt, cover and cook until the tomatoes are cooked well and soft.

3. Off the flame and let it come to room temperature or then puree it in a blender.
(Note: If your blender accepts hot ingredients, then you need not wait until it comes to room temperature)
4. Now in the same sauce pan pour the puree/soup and check on the salt, add if needed, add pepper powder and chili powder and stir well on a medium flame until it comes to a boil.

5. Garnish with fresh herbs like cilantro or parsley, or cream or croutons etc., according to your taste.

6. I garnish with cilantro and home made freshly baked "Cardamom Pull Apart Bread" (click on the link to view the recipe)

You Might Also Like:

	Sage Rasam/Soup with Freshly Ground Pepper and Cumin
	Barley Mint Stoup
	Italian Lentil Soup with Zucchini Chips

Potato Masala Curry - Side-dish for Poori, Magic Mingle#1, January 2012

Magic Mingle, New Event Kick-Started by Kalyani of Sizzling Tastebuds. Every month, we pick-up two ingredients, to be featured as the main taste adding ingredients of a dish. January's Magic Mingle Ingredients are Cinnamon and Chillies. If you guys, think only about Pulav's, please go visit the round-up linky @ Kalyani's, you would be dumbstruck to see different dishes featuring this combo!!!

When Kalyani announced the combo, i too thought of making some Pulav, then decided to try both the ingredients into this Masala Curry. I normally use only green chillies or Sambar powder while making this Potato Curry, never used any other kind of masala. For the first time, i have used cinnamon and it tasted good. Hoping to have Many such Magical Combinations, which push us to try something new every month.

Ingredients

4-5 nos Large Potatoes

1/2 Cup Peas, i have used frozen

2 Medium Onion, chopped

1 Medium Tomato, Chopped

4-5 Green Chillies, Chopped finely

1/4 tsp Cinnamon powder

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

hing a pinch

Turmeric a pinch

2 sprig curry leaves

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

To Grind

1 tsp Coriander seeds

2-3 Red Chillies, Long variety

Method

•  Dry Grind the Ingredients under "To Grind' to powder.
• Peel the Potatoes, Cube them and Cook them until soft. Mash them roughly.
• Heat oil in a non-stick pan, splutter mustard seeds, add hing, turmeric, chopped chillies and curry leaves.
• Add Onions and saute till translucent. when done, add Tomatoes and the ground powder, cinnamon and 1/2 Cup of water.
• When it boils and rawness of the masala escapes, add Mashed Potates, peas salt and mix well.

• If the Curry is very dry, add another 1/2 cup of water and Keep the flame low.
• Let it Simmer for 10 minutes. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and Take it off the Stove.
• Serve hot with Poori.

Automatic Snow Melting System

Klasinski Plumbing offers many services year round. Here is a quick explanation of one of our newer services which has been growing in popularity.   

The automatic snow melting system for the Hotel Whiting in Stevens Point, WI. Hot water is pumped through the orange piping to melt away unwanted snow and ice. The system helps prevent dangerous health hazards such as slipping on the ice or snow. When the sensors detect precipitation on the slab with a temperature around or below freezing, the system will automatically turn on to melt away both snow and your worries about having to shovel!