Spiced Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Sandwich a.k.a My Sweet Rejuvenation Therapy

There are those days when you yearn for ultimate comfort; be it in the form of a relaxed massage, one tight hug or when there is no scope of none of the above happening - a simple comfort food! For various reasons, today was such a day for me and I went ahead and made this super simple and ultimate comfort food that is Soup with Sandwich!

Why tomato soup? Well, that's what I felt like having today and pepper-tomato combo is just amazing that it works like a rejuvenation therapy for me.

Going by the definition of comfort food, it is needless to say that this combo is quick to make, filling enough and above all, works wonders in fixing your mood! (or at least, it did for me)

Ingredients:

For Spiced Tomato Soup:

Tomato - 3 small, pureed

Vegetable stock - 60 ml

Full cream milk - 10-15 ml

Garlic - 6-7 cloves, crushed

Salted butter - 2 teaspoon

Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon

Coriander leaves - 1/2 teaspoon, chopped

Mint leaves - 1/2 teaspoon, chopped

For Grilled Cheese Sandwich:

Brown bread - 2 slices

Cheese slices - 2

Pepper powder - a pinch

Preparation:

For Spiced Tomato Soup:

1. Heat butter in a pan and add crushed garlic. Saute it for a while.
2. Add the tomato puree along with vegetable stock. Stir in pepper powder; allow it to boil and simmer.
3. Stir in milk and simmer for another couple of minutes. Add mint leaves and remove from heat.
4. Transfer to a serving bowl or cup and garnish with coriander leaves.

For Grilled Cheese Sandwich:

5. On a slice of bread, keep a cheese slice, sprinkle pepper powder over it and keep the other slice followed by the bread.
6. Grill on high for 10 minutes or until cheese melts.