Classic Tomato Soup

Tomato soup is the ultimate comfort food, making this tomato soup from scratch was fun, intend to keep improvising till I achieve the perfect tomato soup!!!

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Ingredients

6 medium sized ripe tomatoes (quartered)
1 small carrot (chopped)
1 small onion (chopped)
5-6 cloves of garlic (chopped) (I used the small variety, incase you are using the large one reduce the numbers accordingly)
1 tbsp olive oil
salt to taste
1 tsp sugar
pepper for seasoning

Method:

1) Heat olive oil in a thick bottomed pan.

2) Add onions and garlics and fry till brown.

3) Add carrots and fry till it changes colour.

4) Once the carrots are done add the tomatoes, salt and pepper.

5) Cook the tomatoes till they turn mushy.

6) Cool this mixture and put in a blender.

7) Remove from the blender, add water and bring it to a boil.

8) Add sugar and simmer for a while.

9) Serve hot with a blob of butter.

Note: You may add milk or cream to make this soup richer.