Tomato Soup with Basil and Olives
Photo by Vinita Punjabi
Ingredients
- 7 – 8 tomatoes, grated
- 1 onion, chopped and sprinkled with salt
- 4 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- 4 glasses water
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp unrefined salt (or to taste)
- 1 tsp date paste
- ¼ cup unpolished rice
- 7 olives, chopped into thick discs
- A small bunch of basil, shredded
Method
Heat a pot; add the onion and garlic and fry them in their own water for a while, until golden. Then add red chilli powder and 1 glass water. Add the tomatoes, the black pepper, salt and the date paste. Then add the rice and 2 – 3 more glasses of water. Boil until the rice is almost ready. Then add olives and finally add the basil and turn the heat off.
Serves 3 – 4
