Sunday, June 19, 2011

Tomato Curry Soup

Alright, the long-awaited recipe.
The original recipe can be found here: Spicy Tomato Curry Soup.  Now, I'm sure this recipe is really good when you make it COMPLETELY the right way, but I never seem to do that, so I'll now post my edited versions, to the best of my recollection. :)

Dani's version:

Heat oil in a soup pot.
Add onion and saute for a few minutes.
Add other veggies (I've used zucchini, carrots, celery, mushrooms, cucumber)
Add garlic and saute for a few more minutes.  (Here is where I have added some fresh ginger also)
Add tomato soup, milk and spices.
I always eyeball and hand-measure my measurements, but for a soup that feeds about 8 people, I add roughly this: 3 Tbs curry powder, 1 Tbs ginger {if not using fresh}, few shakes each of cinnamon and allspice.
Now, when I was vegan, I always used the coconut milk.  Regular milk works just as well, you just lose the coconut flavor.  For the tomato soup, I use canned tomato soup (I used packets when I was in Macedonia) and added the appropriate amount of milk/water.  I used half milk and half water, because I love creamy soups.  I made this recipe once and didn't use a canned tomato soup and I didn't like the way it turned out at all, so I definitely recommend using a prepared soup.
Simmer for about 25 minutes.  
Add hot sauce if you want some spicy, and ENJOY!

Now, this can be a super duper easy recipe if you eliminate things, and it turns out JUST AS DELICIOUS.  Basically I have eliminated everything except: oil, onion, zucchini, tomato soup (milk/water), and curry.  It turned out splendid, but you can feel free to spice as much as you want!

Enjoy!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

And it begins

Alright friends, for ease's sake, I have just decided to create blog for all my recipes and the edits that I make to them!

I'll start posting soon!