Tomato Saar

Name: Tomato Saar (A thin, flavorful tomato soup)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5 or 6 cloves garlic, chopped; 15 whole black peppercorns; 2 bay leaves; 1-inch (2½-cm) piece fresh ginger, chopped; 9 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon grated fresh coconut (or frozen unsweetened coconut); 3 or 4 green chiles, stemmed and slit; 1 teaspoon table salt; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 8 to 10 fresh curry leaves; 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

A thin, flavorful tomato soup

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

Though this dish is typically eaten with rice, I prefer to sip it as a soup.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 or 6 cloves garlic, chopped
2

Asia
India
Gluten-free
Vegan
Soup

Method

Place a nonstick saucepan over high heat and add 1 tablespoon of the oil. When small bubbles appear at the bottom of the pan, add the garlic, bay leaves, 10 of the peppercorns, and the ginger, and sauté for 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add