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Name
of the recipe - Tomato
soup
Ingredients
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Tomato
soup
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| 3
good-sized tomatoes |
| 4
cups water |
| 1
tablespoon unsweetened, shredded coconut |
| 1½-inch
piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped fine |
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1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped |
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1
small handful fresh cilantro leaves |
| ½
cup water |
| 2-table
spoon ghee |
| 1-tablespoon
black mustered seed |
| 1-teaspoon
cumin seeds |
| 4
curry leaves, fresh or dried |
| ¼
teaspoon cinnamon |
| ½
teaspoon salt |
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½ cup water |
| 1-tablespoon
jaggary or other sweetener |
Method
of Preparation
Wash
the whole tomatoes and put them in a soup pot with the 4 cups of
water. Cover and cook until the tomatoes are tender and the skins
pull off easily. Let the tomatoes cool down a little. Remove and
discard the skins. Pour the tomatoes and the cooking water into
a blender and blend until smooth. Remove from Blender. Now add to
the blender the coconut, ginger, garlic, chili and cilantro with
the ½ cup water. Blend until liquefied. Heat a soup pot on medium
and add the ghee, cumin seeds, and mustered seeds and curry leaves.
Stir until the seeds pop, then add the blended coconut mixture.
Cook for a moment then pour in the blended tomatoes, cinnamon, salt,
sugar and last ½ cup water. Bring to a boil, cover and turn off
the heat.
Note
Due
to its sour and heating quality, this may aggravate pitta, so it
should not be eaten more then once or twice a week. Tomatoes by
themselves disturb the tridoshic balance, but as prepared in this
recipe are tridoshic. This soup is digestive, laxative and calms
vata and pitta. Tomatoes are a number of the nightshade family.
People with Kidney stones, gallstones and gout should not eat tomatoes
or other nightshades.
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