1

To prepare Tomato shorba recipe, heat butter in a Saucepan, add bay leaf, and chopped garlic.Sauté it for a few seconds.

2

Add onions and sauté them well till cooked.

3

Add carrot and chopped tomatoes.Sprinkle some salt so that it gets cooked faster. 

4

Let it cook till the tomatoes and carrots get done and switch it off. 

5

Let mixture cool down a bit. Then blend it into a smooth puree in a Hand blender.

6

Pass it through a Soup Strainer or a sieve. Put mixture into a saucepan and back on fire.

7

Add some water to get the right consistency. Shorba's are usually very thin consistency. 

8

Add sugar, cumin seed powder, chilli powder, and crushed black pepper. Check for salt as well. 

9

Let the mixture come to a boil.Once it’s nicely boiled, pour it in a soup serving bowl.

10

Place the bread croutons on top and serve withFocaccia bread or Masala bread and Ginger tea.

Note: You can garnish it with cream too.