Curried Tomato Bell Pepper Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Roast the peppers as directed, allow to cool in a covered bowl, then peel, seed and dice. Set aside.
• Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, heavy soup pot and add the onion. Cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes, and add the carrot and celery and a generous pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender and fragrant, about 5 more minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds to a minute. Add the tomatoes with their liquid, the tomato paste, basil sprigs, cinnamon, sugar if using, and salt to taste. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have cooked down slightly and smell fragrant, about 10 minutes.
• Add the diced roasted peppers, the stock or water, rice, and salt to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring from time to time. Season with freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt. Remove the basil sprigs.
• Using a hand blender, purée the soup, or use a blender and purée in batches, being careful to pull a dish towel down over the top and not to cover tightly with the blender lid, then return to the pot and heat through. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve topped with croutons, Parmesan cheese, and/or slivered basil.

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over low heat. Stir mustard seed into hot oil; cook and stir until seeds start to crackle, about 30 seconds. Stir garlic, green chile pepper, curry leaves, cumin seed, and asafoetida powder into mustard seeds; cook and stir until the garlic is fragrant and beginning to turn golden, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes into garlic mixture, increase heat to medium, and cook, stirring frequently, until the tomatoes are softened, about 10 minutes. Add water, cumin, cayenne pepper, coriander, and turmeric to tomato mixture; stir.
• Mix potato, bell pepper, lemon juice, and salt into tomato mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover the skillet with a lid, and simmer until potatoes and peppers are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Steps:

• Place butter in a 2 1/2-quart souffle dish with a tightly fitting lid. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 2 minutes. Stir in onion. Cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes.
• Stir in curry powder and paprika. Cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Stir in tomato sauce. Whisk in chicken broth. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon yogurt, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions and carrots and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute until just fragrant. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomato paste and cook until toasted, just 1 more minute.
• Add tomatoes, red peppers, and chicken broth and let simmer for 25 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and the flavors have melded together. Taste for seasoning and add more salt, pepper, and the sugar, if needed. Add half-and-half and basil, and puree using a hand held immersion blender until smooth.
• Serve in soup bowls with a sprinkle of fresh basil on top.

Steps:

• Roast peppers: rub oil on peppers and put them under the broiler until blackened, turn to get all sides. Put into paper bag and seal. Let rest for 15 minutes, then peel will come right off and core and seeds will fall out. Chop peppers. Reserve one chopped pepper; set aside.
• Heat olive oil over moderate heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato, bell peppers (except reserved), thyme, paprika, and sugar. Cook over medium-low heat until all the tomato juices have evaporated, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in chicken stock, salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce (if using). Bring to boiling, lower heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Strain soup, reserving broth. Place solids in food processor or blender, and process until fairly smooth. Add puree back into broth.
• Melt butter and stir in the flour, cook for 1 minute. Stirring slowly, add the broth/vegetable mixture. Add reserved chopped pepper and bring to boiling. Lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls and add 1 tablespoon of sour cream to each bowl. For a lighter soup, this is also delicious without the sour cream.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan. Add the onion, ginger, apple, cumin, coriander, turmeric and curry powder and cook, stirring, about five minutes. Do not allow the onion to brown.
• Add the tomatoes and water, bring to a simmer and cook until the apples and onions are very tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and puree the mixture in a food processor or blender, then force through a sieve to remove the tomato and apple skins and seeds. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.
• Stir the yogurt to smooth it, then stir it into the soup. Serve the soup garnished with a sprinking of mint.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Stir in the onion, and cook until the onion is limp and completely translucent, about 10 minutes. Stir in the curry powder and the paprika, and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce and broth. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the salt. The soup can be made ahead up to this point. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight if serving cold, or reheat.
• Stir in lemon juice and pepper. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons of the yogurt.

Steps:

• Peel the tomatoes if you can be bothered- I don’t as I think they add a little extra flavour!
• Cut the green pepper and tomatoes into large chunks- peppers about 1 inch squares and tomatoes into quarters.
• Or open tin if cheating!
• Heat the oil in a wide pan and add the cumin seeds.
• Stir about, then add the green pepper and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, mashing them down as they soften.
• Add the salt, chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala and brown sugar.
• Stir well, then simmer, covered, for 7 minutes, or until the pepper are cooked to your liking.
• Best served at once.

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven or large pot over medium heat until hot.
• Add onions; cook 5 to 7 minutes or until tender.
• Add garlic, curry powder, ginger and crushed red pepper; cook 2 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes, pumpkin, tomato paste, red bell pepper, green bell pepper and salt.
• Increase heat to high.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low.
• Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Puree in food processor or blender until smooth and pass through sieve.
• (Soup can be made up to 1 month ahead and frozen. Thaw in refrigerator. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat; continue with remainder of recipe.) Pour back in Dutch oven and add cream; cook 5 minutes, sitrring occasionally.
• (If using half-and-half, do not let boil.) Garnish with cilantro.