Tomato Soup with Basil and Olives

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped and sprinkled with salt


• 7-8 peeled and grated tomatoes


• 4 cloves garlic


• a small bunch of basil chopped


• 7 olives, chopped in to circles


• 1 tsp salt or to taste


• 1/2 tsp black pepper


• 1/4 cup of rice


• 1/2 tsp red pepper powder


• 1 tsp jaggery

Method

Heat the pot; add the onion and garlic and fry them in their own water for a while, till become golden. Then add red pepper powder and 1 glass water. Add the tomatoes, the black pepper and the jaggery. Then add the rice and 2-3 more glasses of water. Boil till the rice is almost ready. Then add olives and finally add the basil and switch off the fire.