Ingredients:

• 5 – medium Tomatoes
• 50 g – Spinach (palak)
• 1 – Onion
• 1 tsp – Butter
• 1/2 tsp – red pepper
• 1 pinch – Hing
• 1 – small blob Butter
• 2.5 cups – water
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• water

Method:

1. Wash the tomato, spinach and onion well. Put in a large vessel and add 2-3 pinches of salt. Boil, covered, on high till soft.
2. After boiling for 3-4 mins, take it off the fire and put in colander. Pour cold water over it.
3. Then blend in a blender till it is smooth. Add water, mix and add to a deep pan.
4. Add all other ingredients, except butter.
5. In another pan, heat butter. Add red pepper and hing for tadka and pour over the soup.
6. Sieve and boil for 1 minute.
7. Serve with warm garlic rolls or soup sticks.

Recipe courtesy of Mukul Gupta