the all-season favorite, tomato soup. When i was growing up, I still remember, this was one of my favorite meals my mom made for us. She made this while raising us in India for a few years. All three of us, 2 girls + 1 boy, were born in India (aka #fob). What is that you ask? Its the term often referred by foreign born Asian kids lol; stands for
fresh-
off-the
boat. I suppose it applies to anyone born outside of their current resident country. In fact, I'd say it applies to non-Asians the most, since many of "those" generations did travel via boats. {PS Sterotyping and air quotes are fun, lol I digress.} Most of us Asians actually traveled via airplanes in the 80s & 90s...soo we would be FOAs? I do wish they'd serve simple soups on airplanes... like the very simple tomato soup. Good transitions, huh? :) Here's my mom's recipe with a twist of Americano
Here are the ingredients and method:
- 5-6 tomatoes on the vine (some recipes call for canned tomatoes, and thats fine too)
- 5 TBS of grated garlic
- 1 small onion, rough chopped
- cumin
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 2 slides of sour dough bread
- bunch cilantro (If cilantro is not your thing, sub it with basil)
- oil (any vegetable oil)
- salt
- black pepper
- cayenne pepper
- 3 cups water (or vegetable or chicken broth)
1) cut tomatoes in halves, core out the guts and put aside. Coat tomatoes in 1-2 TBS of oil and 1 TBS of grated garlic in a roasting pan... roast for ~10 mins in 400degrees
2) roughly chop or break sour dough bread and cilantro (need about 3 TBS of chopped cilantro)
3) Grab a sauce pan, melt butter over low heat..as it melts, add cumin, 3 TBS garlic, chopped cilantro, , onions, broken sour dough bread, and the tomato guts.. coat and stir.. let it all marinate over low low heat
4) As the base is cooking in the sauce pan... grab your high power blender... make your
basil coulis drizzle
5) Tomatos should be done from the oven... add them to the sauce pan with 3 cups of water...
6) Stir it all together... Ready to work out your biceps? Grab your hand blender and blend away, until you've reached desired consistency. {You can also use your blender jug}
7) Let it cook some more, add salt, crushed black pepper to your taste
Serve warm with a piece of toast + basil coulee drizzle
Freeze the left overs. Refrigerate left over basil coulee and use it top your bruchetta!
