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You Just Need A Hot Pot To Make This Amazing Masala Style Vegan Tomato Soup

Lifestyle Aug 31, 2023

by Priya Lakshminarayan

Foodie expert Priya Lakshminarayan from Orlando Florida with a regular foodie column sharing her incredible array of recipes. With summer coming to an end, it’s the perfect time to switch over to some warm easy comfort meals. And this Instant Pot Vegan Tomato soup (with a Desi twist)! Check out the full recipe right here!

Priya Lakshminarayan is the creator of Cookilicious where she shares globally inspired-vegetarian and vegan recipes. She enjoys creating easy recipes from scratch using fresh ingredients. She is also a published cookbook author. Her book titled – The Essential Vegan Indian Cookbook is available for purchase at Amazon. She won the Best Recipe Blogger Award in 2019 at South Florida Blogger Awards. Her recipes have been published in many magazines and online portals. She grew up in Bombay and now she lives with her husband and their four-legged boy Joey in Orlando, Florida.

Ingredients (for one serving):

1 tablespoon vegan butter
5 peppercorns
1 inch ginger
7-8 cloves garlic
¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
1 onion
8 tomatoes
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
2 teaspoon chilly powder
½ cup cilantro
2 cups water or vegetable stock
salt

To Make The Croutons:

2 bread slices
½ tablespoon vegan butter

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Instructions:

1. Turn on the Instant pot in saute mode and add vegan butter. Once it melts, fry the peppercorns, ginger, and garlic along with cardamom for 30 seconds. Then add the roughly chopped onions. Saute till they turn soft and translucent.

2. Add the roughly chopped tomatoes. Mix and cook for a minute.

**You Just Need A Hot Pot To Make This Amazing Masala Style Vegan Tomato Soup: This will make your heart warm!** Photo Credit: https://cookilicious.com

3. Then add turmeric powder and chilly powder along with salt.

4. Follow it with cilantro along with their stems.

5. Add vegetable stock or water and mix it all together. Ensure nothing is stuck at the bottom. Turn off the Instant Pot and close the lid. Cook in pressure mode for 15 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes. Then manually release it.

6. Open the lid. Use a handheld immersion blender to puree until the soup is smooth and creamy. There should be no chunks or pieces left.

Chef’s Tip: If you feel the need, pass it through a sieve to remove any tiny chunky bits. Press it with a spoon to get the most juice out of it.

How To Make Vegan Croutons:
Slice the bread and coat them with vegan butter. Toast them in a pan, oven or in a toaster till the bread turns brown and crisp. Cut them into cubes and add them to the soup as topping.

This step has to be done just before serving the soup as they croutons will loose flavor if made ahead of time. You can also use store-bought croutons and skip this step. Use gluten-free bread if you need.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve the soup in individual soup bowls. Garnish with cilantro, Parmesan cheese, oregano, and pepper. This vegan soup although is great for a cool weather, you can enjoy this ultimate cozy meal anytime of the year. Sometime we have it as a meal with some rusty toasted bread or breadsticks!

Enjoy this delicious and creamy tomato soup as a first course of your meal. On a weeknight, you can pair with Tomato Cheddar Scones or a light salad like Cucumber Salad, Tomato Salad, Mushroom Spinach Pasta Salad, and/or Breadcrumbs Pasta Salad.

Naan dippers also pair well with this rich, comforting and nutritious Indian tomato soup especially when served at a party! Italian bread grilled cheese sandwiches, Bombay Sandwich, Chilli Cheese Corn Toast, or Mashed Potato Cheese Sandwich also go very well with this tomato soup.

Bonus Tips:

You can add carrots and potatoes to give this soup more flavor and body. In terms of herbs, you can add thyme or basil. Grill the tomatoes and onions before to give them a more earthy flavor. Add some coconut milk in the end if you want to give it a different flavor.

If you want, then add 2-3 tablespoons of tomato ketchup or sun-dried tomatoes along with the regular tomatoes to enrich the color and flavor. Adding sugar or vinegar helps cut the acidity of the tomatoes. Do not skip it.

Instead of whole tomatoes, you can also use canned tomatoes. To pack it with more flavor, use tomato juice, or vegetable broth instead of water. When using the immersion blender, be careful to not scrape the bottom of the Instant Pot. Try not to touch the bottom of the pot with the blender.

Main Image Photo Credit: https://cookilicious.com

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You Just Need A Hot Pot To Make This Amazing Masala Style Vegan Tomato Soup

by Priya Lakshminarayan

To Make The Croutons:

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