Tomato Shorba is an Indian soup ideal for cold winter nights. It is light, mildly spicy and good for relief from cold and cough.
Winter calls for warm drinks, nothing seems better than soups for me. It is filling and I usually have a menu sorted for dinner with soup and a snack.
What is Shorba?
Shorba is Indian soup which is prepared using various spices. It is ideal to serve as a warm drink before dinner. It is a Persian term meaning salty stew. Shorba is also called as Chorba, Shurpa, Sorpa. It is a Mughlai dish and has vegetarian version as Tomato Shorba.
Winter Warmers:
Make sure you give all these winter warmers to your children, hot chocolate milk, badam milk, I have shared a few soup recipes earlier. This healthy tomato soup is what I mostly prepare for my family. It has the goodness of other vegetables in it. Vegetable Manchow Soup is the favourite of most children.
Tomato Shorba
About the event:
Sending this post to #WinterWarmersatHW. It is a fortnightly event where we work on a theme suggested by a member of the group. As winter has set in Swati, suggested Winter Warmers as the theme. Swati is a wonderful blogger with many varieties of dishes on her blog. I loved her Kesar Pista Burfi and No Yeast Bread bookmarked it to try in future. 
- Tom Yum flavoured mushroom and coriander soup by Preethi
- Vegetable Manchow Soup by Poonam
- Creamy Mushroom and sweet corn soup by Swati
- Indian spiced carrot and apple soup by Vanita
- Herbal Rasam by Narmadha
- Beetroot Carrot Soup by Sasmita
Tomato Shorba is made in three steps. Seasoning is prepared and tomatoes are cooked along with spices. Next, it is made into a pulp and passed through a sieve. Lastly, it is boiled and garnished with fresh coriander.
Tomato Shorba Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 3 cloves
- 2 cardamom
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 inch cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 onion
- 4 tomato
- a few stalks of coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
- 3 cup water
- salt
- coriander for garnishing
Method:
- Take oil in a pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaf. Put cumin and fennel seed, as it splutters, add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds. Put the onion and continue to saute.
- After two minutes, put the tomatoes and coriander stalk to it. Allow to cook.
- Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder to it.
- Switch off the stove.
- Once it cools, make a puree and pass through the strainer.
- Put it in a pan, put salt to it and simmer for two minutes. Adjust the consistency. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
- Tomato Shorba is ready to serve.
Ingredients
Method
- Take oil in a pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaf. Put cumin and fennel seed, as it splutters, add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds. Put the onion and continue to saute.
- After two minutes, put the tomatoes and coriander stalk to it. Allow to cook.
- Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder to it.
- Switch off the stove.
- Once it cools, make a puree and pass through the strainer.
- Put it in a pan, put salt to it and simmer for two minutes. Adjust the consistency. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
- Tomato Shorba is ready to serve.
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Love this classic Indian Tomato soup.. so comforting and delicious.. a favourite of every age group..very nice detailed share for the first timers..
Impressive！Thanks for the post
Can imagine how flavorful and aromatic this tomato Shorba must have been with all those whole spices going in. Perfect winter treat!
Tomato shorba looks so creamy, flavorful and perfect to enjoy during winters. Looks so delicious.
Such a delicious looking bowl of soup. I just love the colour and the spices that go in it!
Absolutely delicious soup dear! Tomato soups are a must at every dinner table and this shorba with all those herbs and spices could not be healthier or tastier! Such a lovely share!
Just love this simple and flavourful soup.Warm
Soup with spices are such a wonderful treat ourselves in the cold weather.
A perfect soup for the cold weather jaya. Just love the vibrant color of this tomato shorba ! nice share for sure …
Shorbha always stands taller in my mind than soups. I am so glad to have a recipe for classic tomato shorbha. Yum.
Tomato shorba looks so nice and comforting. Perfect for cold days. I am loving the colour which makes it so inviting.Must have amazing flavours with all the spices and seasonings gone into it.
What a flavorful and rich Tomato Shorba recipe. I am bookmarking this recipe for the approaching winters. It is so comforting to slurp on such shorba on winter evenings.
When it comes to soups my first choice is always a tomato one. Tomato Shorba must be so flavourful with all the spices used. We’re heading into the cold season and this soup will be just perfect.
Wow! Tomato Sorba sounds yummy. Did not realise making shorba was so easy. Come to think of it I have always enjoyed this sorba in restaurants. Now I can make it at home. Thanks.
colour of the tomato shorba looks perfect jayashree ! this is a fav at home with the kids !
Tomato shorba is my favorite. Very appetizing and perfect to start a meal . Winter favorite
Tomato shorba looks so delicious and simple to make too. My daughter loves this a lot