Tomato soup is one of the most popular soups in Poland. Apparently, the first written recipe comes from 1872 and was written by Maria Parloe in the USA. Since 1897 famous Campbell's soup has been very popular. Every country has its own recipe for tomato soup. In Poland it is served with rice or noodles. In Italy tomato soup is thicker and seasoned with basil and olive oil. The Spanish serve gazpacho – cold pepper and tomato soup or hot with chili peppers.

Today I would like to share with you the recipe for Indian style tomato soup: with cumin, rosemary, and red lentils. I served it with fried bacon and crunchy pistachios. It was great!

Ingredients:
300g of red lentils
1 tin of tomatoes
1 onion
3 cloves of garlic
half a chili pepper
3 sprigs of rosemary
1 teaspoon of butter
1 teaspoon of sweet paprika (powder)
half a teaspoon of cumin
salt and pepper
1 litre of vegetable stock
100g of smoked bacon
pistachios
2 tablespoons of nigella

Dice the chili pepper, garlic and onion and fry them in butter. Add the tomatoes from the tin. Spice it up with the cumin and sweet paprika. Fry for 5 minutes. Rinse the red lentils. Put the ingredients from the pan into a saucepan, add the vegetable stock, red lentils and rosemary and boil until the lentils are soft. If necessary add some stock. Blend the soup thoroughly, spice it up with salt and pepper. Cube the bacon and fry until it is crunchy. Serve the soup with the bacon, pistachios and nigella.

Enjoy your meal!

Try also
Tomato soup with sauerkraut
Strong and warming – pepper-tomato soup
Green lentil soup