Tomato Chickpea and Coconut Soup Recipe

Archana Doshi

June 21, 2017

733 Ratings

Time:Prep: 8h 0m|Cook: 20 M|Total: 8h 20min

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Appetizer

Cuisine:Continental

The Tomato Chickpea and Coconut Soup Recipe is a nutritious and wholesome soup that you can make for weeknight dinners. The addition of cooked chickpeas along with tomatoes and coconut milk makes this soup rich yet delicious.

Serve the Tomato Chickpea and Coconut Soup Recipe along with warm toasted garlic bread or a grilled vegetable sandwich to complete a meal.

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Ingredients

1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 Garlic

1 Kabuli Chana (White Chickpeas), soaked for 8 hours

1 Tomatoes, roughly chopped

1 Coconut milk

1 Water, or more

1/2 Red Chilli powder

1 Sugar, (optional)

Red Chilli flakes, for garnish

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Tomato Chickpea and Coconut Soup Recipe

To begin making the Tomato Chickpea and Coconut milk soup, we need to get a few ingredients ready, like the soak the chickpeas for 8 hours and cook it in a pressure cooker for half an hour till it becomes very soft.

Next stew the tomatoes with 1 cup water in a saucepan, till it becomes mushy and soft. Once you have them ready, then making this soup is simply easy.

Once you have ingredients ready, place all the ingredients into the blender, adding very little water to make a smooth puree. Once you have a smooth puree you can add more water to adjust the consistency of the soup and blend.

When you ready to serve, give the Tomato Chickpea and Coconut Soup a brisk boil for a couple of minutes, top it with black peppercorns and serve for a weeknight dinner along with warm toasted bread.

Serve the Tomato Chickpea and Coconut Soup Recipe along with warm toasted garlic bread or a grilled vegetable sandwich to complete a meal.