{"id":5773,"date":"2017-08-23T15:20:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/?p=5773"},"modified":"2017-08-23T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:27:29","slug":"roasted-tomato-and-basil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/23\/roasted-tomato-and-basil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasted Tomato and Basil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

A soulful and scrumptious soup prepared with oven roasted tomatoes,bell pepper, flavored with garlic and \u00a0served hot garnished with lightly toasted watermelon seeds, sauteed fresh basil and sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Preparation Time: 05 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cooking Time: 20 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serves: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingredients and Quantity:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tomatoes, ripe, red, large, sliced- 08 nos.<\/p>\n

Basil, fresh , shredded- 1\/4th cup<\/p>\n

Bell pepper, sliced- 1\/2 no<\/p>\n

Onion, yellow, sliced- 01 small<\/p>\n

Garlic, peeled & crushed-04 -05 cloves<\/p>\n

Black Peppercorn, freshly ground-1\/2 tsp<\/p>\n

Extra Virgin Olive Oil-01 \u00bd tbsp.<\/p>\n

Salt-to taste<\/p>\n

Water- as required<\/p>\n

For the Garnish:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basil, fresh , shredded and sauteed -02 tsp<\/p>\n

Black Peppercorn,\u00a0freshly ground-1\/4 th tsp<\/p>\n

Watermelon seeds, lightly toasted – 02 tsp.<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Preheat the oven at 450\u25e6 C.<\/li>\n
  2. Place the sliced tomatoes , roughly sliced bell pepper in the baking tray.<\/li>\n
  3. Pour a little olive oil.<\/li>\n
  4. Oven roast for 15 minutes, till the tomatoes leave their peel.<\/li>\n
  5. Once the tomatoes are done, set aside to cool.<\/li>\n
  6. Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan add garlic, onion, saute for 02 minutes add basil and pepper. Saute for few seconds.<\/li>\n
  7. Remove from the flame and set aside to cool.<\/li>\n
  8. To this add the roasted\u00a0tomatoes and bell pepper.<\/li>\n
  9. Blend in a food processor\u00a0till very smooth.<\/li>\n
  10. Prepare a smooth puree by adding a little vegetable stock.<\/li>\n
  11. Place the puree on the flame.<\/li>\n
  12. Add salt. Adjust the consistency.<\/li>\n
  13. Serve hot garnished with lightly toasted watermelon seeds, sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper and sauteed basil.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Chef Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. You may add a little sugar, if desired.<\/li>\n
    2. Serve soup hot with the bread of your choice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A soulful and scrumptious soup prepared with oven roasted tomatoes,bell pepper,<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soups"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TOMATO-BASIL-SOUP0FG.jpg?fit=525%2C795&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9arbY-1v7","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5781,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773\/revisions\/5781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}