Provençal Tomato Rice Soup is a thick and comforting soup recipe that comes from French Cuisine. Uncooked or semi cooked rice cooked with tomato paste, vegetable stock and various continental flavors makes a rich and warm soup that is ideal in rainy season. As the soup contains rice in it, it itself is very appetizing and absolutely tummy filling. Great for those who are watching calories, this soup is ideal for your kitty parties as well. Flavored with dry/fresh thyme, fennel and basil, the soups doesn’t gives you just a rich look but it gives you an exotic aroma and a great texture too. The recipe here is adapted from Rebecca Franklin French Food Expert .
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
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- 1 cup White Rice (semi cooked)
- 2 tbsps Olive Oil
- 1 Onion Medium (chopped)
- 1 Carrot (grated/chopped)
- 3 Cloves Garlic (pressed)
- 1 tsp Orange Zest (optional)
- 1/2 tsp Thyme Dry
- 1/2 tsp Fennel Powder
- 1/2 cup Tomato Puree
- 2 cups Water
- 2 Tomatoes (chopped)
- 1 cup Vegetable Stock
- 1 tsp Salt (adjustable)
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 4 - 5 Basil Fresh (for garnish)
Ingredients
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- Heat oil in a pan and saute onions, carrot, garlic, orange zest, thyme and add fennel powder.
- Once the vegetables starts to soften, add tomato paste and water. Mix well till everything is incorporated well.
- Add in the chopped tomatoes now along with vegetable stock and season with salt, pepper and sugar.
- As it starts boiling add semi cooked white rice. Close the lid and simmer for around 12-15 mins until the rice is tender.
- Pour in the soup into bowls, add a swirl of fresh cream and garnish with fresh basil and crushed dry thyme.
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Love : Shaheen