By Tarishi Shrivastava
September 3, 2024
Tomato Shorba is an Indian soup ideal for cold winter nights. It is light, mildly spicy and good for relief from cold and cough. It is a Persian term meaning salty stew. Shorba is also called as Chorba, Shurpa, Sorpa. It is a Mughlai dish and has a vegetarian version of Tomato Shorba.
2 tsp oil 3 cloves 2 cardamom 1 bay leaf ½ inch cinnamon ¼ tsp cumin ¼ tsp fennel seed ½ tsp ginger garlic paste 1 onion 4 tomato coriander ½ tsp chilli powder ½ tsp coriander powder ¼ tsp turmeric powder ½ tsp pepper powder 3 cup water Salt Coriander for garnishing
Take oil in a pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaf.
Put cumin and fennel seed, as it splutters, add the ginger-garlic paste.
Put the onion and continue to saute.
After two minutes, add the tomatoes and coriander stalk to it. Allow to cook.
Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder to it. Switch off the stove.
Once it cools, make a puree and pass through the strainer.
Put it in a pan, put salt to it and simmer for two minutes.