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Spiced Tomato Soup – Tomato Shorba

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A bowl of this Spiced Tomato Soup (or Tomato Shorba) is perfect and delicious to warm up your cold afternoons. It is a warm, nutritious, low-calorie, and flavor-packed recipe with warm spices.  To relish most, top it with some cashew cream or vegan butter. Serve it with some crispy garlic bread on the side. Enjoy a soul-warming spicy tomato soup, which is almost impossible to resist.

Spiced Tomato Soup or Tomato Shorba

Made with fresh tomatoes, this tomato soup is seasoned with ginger, green chilis, cumin, cilantro stalks, turmeric, and black pepper. Added vegetables like onions, carrots, and beetroot cut down the acidity of tomatoes and balances flavors in this tomato Shorba recipe. The texture of this soup is light and brothy, which makes it light, but satisfying.  

What is Shorba?

The word ‘Shorba’ comes from the Arabic word Shurbah, which means soup. Also in the word Shorba, ‘Shor’ refers to as ‘salty’ and‘Ba‘means a ‘stew dish cooked with water.’ Shorba or Chorba is a lighter version of a hot soup relished across Middle-East Asia, South and Central Asia. Mughals introduced Shorba and many other beautiful aromatic dishes to Indian cuisine during their time.

Spiced Tomato Soup served in two soup with and without cream

Shorba is mostly broth-based and not heavy cream-based soup. The broth is usually made by boiling seasoned meat and/or vegetables in water. Along with spices, meats and vegetables were flavored with aromatics and herbs as well. Over the years, vegetarian variants of Shorba have become more popular.

What is Tomato Shorba?

Tomato shorba (or spiced Indian tomato soup) is a significantly lighter version of a classic tomato soup recipe. Combinations of herbs and spices in this recipe give Shorba a very unique flavor. The essence of this beautifully aromatic shorba is in the tadka. Tadka is a quick sauté of spices to release their flavor and fragrance before mixing with the core ingredients. This spiced tomato soup is ludicrously easy to make and is ready in just about 45 minutes in an Instant Pot.

Spiced Tomato Soup served in a cup with toated artisan bread

Tips to make Best Spicy Indian Tomato Soup

  • Use the ripest and deep red tomatoes for this recipe.
  • Add vegetables like onion, carrots and beetroot to balance the acidity of tomatoes.
  • Add spices such as ginger, green chilies, black pepper, cumin seeds to lift up the flavor of this dish.
  • Cilantro stalk and cumin are must have ingredients for this soup.
  • Adjust the spices as per your preference. Tastes best when it is mildly spiced. A little spice goes a long way in this recipe.  
  • I prefer a thin consistency for Shorba. You can adjust the consistency per your preference.
  • This recipe can be done in double batches very easily. It will last about five days in the fridge. The flavors will become more richer and stronger with time.
  • This soup freezes perfectly with no change in texture after defrosting. You can keep for several months in the freezer.
  • Use half butter and half oil in tadka (tempering) for richer and deeper flavors. Avoid this to keep recipe vegan.
Ingredients required to make Spiced Tomato Soup

Why you should try Spiced Tomato Soup?

  • Super easy and quick to make and comes together in under 45 minutes
  • Flavor-packed, wholesome, nutritious
  • Mildly spiced and perfect for the whole family
  • Filling, yet light on the stomach
Spices used in making spiced tomato soup

How do prepare Spiced Tomato soup or Tomato Shorba?

The process to make spiced tomato soup can be summarized into these easy steps:

  • Put washed and quartered tomatoes in the Instant Pot’s inner insert.
  • Add roughly chopped carrots, beetroot, onion, spinach, cilantro stalks, ginger and serrano chili pepper.
  • Sprinkle salt and whole peppercorns.
  • Add water and pressure cook for 6 minutes NPR.
  • Blend the boiled tomatoes along with veggies until smooth.
  • For extra smooth texture, sieve the tomato puree, which is totally optional.
  • In a separate pan prepare tempering and transfer the sieved tomato puree.
  • Simmer the shorba in tadka along with all the spices.
  • Serve with a drizzle of cashew cream, along with vegan butter (optional) and cilantro.

What are you waiting for, let’s get started…

Spiced Tomato Soup or Tomato Shorba
4.55 from 11 votes

Spiced Tomato Soup or Tomato Shorba – Instant Pot Recipe

A bowl of this Spiced Tomato Soup (or Tomato Shorba) isperfect and delicious to warm up your cold afternoons. This spiced Indian tomatosoup or shorba is a warm, nutritious, low calorie and flavor packed recipe withwarm spices.  To relish most, top it with some cashew creamor vegan butter. Serve it with some crispy garlic bread on the side. Enjoy asoul warming spicy tomato soup, which is almost impossible to resist.
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Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time40 mins
Course: Appetizer, Instant Pot Recipe, Side Dish, Soup
Cuisine: American, Global, Indian
Diet: Gluten Free, Hindu, Low Calorie, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: Spiced Tomato Soup, Tomato Shorba
Servings: 6
Calories: 121kcal
Author: Rupali Agarwal

Equipment

  • Instant Pot or pressure cooker
  • Spatula
  • Utility knife
  • Cutting Board

Ingredients

Produce:

  • 750 g Tomatoes Tamatar: 7-8 medium size
  • 50 g Spinach Palak: ½ cup chopped/ handful
  • 100 g Carrots Gajar: ½ cup chopped/ 1 medium size
  • 50 g Beetroot Chukandar: ¼ cup chopped/ ½ of small size
  • 50 g Onions Pyaaz: ¼ cup chopped/ ¼ of medium size
  • 1/4 cup Cilantro Hara Dhaniya: ¼ cup stalks and leaves separated
  • 20 g Ginger Root Adrak: 1 inch knob
  • 3 g Serrano Pepper Hari Mirch: 1 piece
  • 500 cup Water Pani: 2 cups/16 fl. oz

Oil and Spice:

  • 2 tbsp Avocado oil or any Vegetable Oil:
  • 1/8 tsp Asafetida Hing
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeera
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder Haldi
  • 1/2 tsp Black peppercorns Kali Mirch
  • 1/2 tsp Roasted cumin powder Bhuna Jeera
  • 1 tsp Salt Namak
  • 1/2 tsp Black rock salt Kala Namak
  • 1/4 tsp Garam masala
  • 1 tbsp Sugar Cheeni
  • 1/4 cup Cashew Cream check notes
  • 2 tbsp Vegan Butter

Instructions

  • Wash and quarter the tomatoes. Add the quartered tomatoes to the Instant Pot’s inner insert.
  • Add chopped vegetablesspinach, carrots, beetroot, onion, ginger and green chili, to tomatoes.
    All the vegetable added to the pot to make tomato shorba
  • Add salt and whole black peppercorns as well.
    salt and black pepercorn being added to vegetables before being pressure cooked
  • Add water and close the lid with valve on sealing position.
    water being added to vegetables in the pot before pressure cooking
  • Pressure cooks for 6 minutes on high pressure setting with NPR (natural pressure release). When the pin drops, open the lid. Blend the boiled tomatoes and vegetables until smooth, using an immersion blender or blender.
    boiled vegetables being blended
  • For smoother texture, sieve the pureed tomato mixture with a sieve. This step is optional. If you want you can skip it.
    pureed tomato being sieved
  • For tempering, heat oil in a separate pan, add hing, cumin seeds to hot oil. Let the cumin seeds splutter then add turmeric powder and stir in oil.
    cumin seeds sputtering in the oil and turmuric being added
  • Now add blended and seived tomato mixture to this tempering. Add rest of the spices, roasted cumin powder, black salt, garam masala and sugar.
    Garam Masala and sugar being added to tomato shorba
  • Stir all the spices and let the tomato shorba simmer for 5 minutes. Do a quick taste test and adjust the seasoning. Spiced tomato soup or tomato shorba is ready to serve. Before serving, topped it with some cashew cream, vegan butter and cilantro.

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Notes

To make cashew cream soak ¼ cup raw cashews in ¼ cup hot water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes blend the soaked cashew (along with water in which cashews were soaked) into a cream. I used Nutribullet Blender to make cashew cream. Cashew cream is ready to use as a topping.
Nutrition Facts
Spiced Tomato Soup or Tomato Shorba – Instant Pot Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 121 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 1g
Sodium 1630mg71%
Potassium 472mg13%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 4846IU97%
Vitamin C 22mg27%
Calcium 629mg63%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Nikita

    December 9, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    5 stars
    OMG this soup is heavenly awesome. It is soooooo delicious . Didn’t have time to make cashew milk . But, even without that this soup was so fulfilling and heart warming . I love your recipes and presentation.

    Reply
    • Rupali Agarwal

      January 10, 2022 at 5:17 pm

      Thank you so much Nikita for sharing your experience! so happy to know that you enjoyed the soup.

      Rupali

      Reply
  2. Indianfoods

    June 15, 2021 at 3:01 am

    5 stars
    So look Good & so delicious . Thanks for sharing tomato -soup recipes in your post.

    Reply
    • Rupali Agarwal

      June 15, 2021 at 6:30 am

      Thank you so much for sharing your feedback, glad you liked it!

      Rupali Agarwal

      Reply
  3. Neha Singhvi

    March 9, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    5 stars
    Tried this today Rupali, its was so great!
    I love your recipes and the presentation.
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Rupali Agarwal

      March 10, 2021 at 9:53 am

      Thank you Neha for sharing your feedback with me! Glad you and your family enjoyed it.

      Rupali Agarwal

      Reply
  4. Rakhi

    March 5, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    5 stars
    It’s so delicious, great thing it has veggies that my kids don’t like, they loved it so much. I love cilantro, adding cilantro stalks made it so much flavorful.

    Reply
    • Rupali Agarwal

      March 5, 2021 at 10:59 pm

      Thank you Rakhi for sharing your feedback with me! Glad you and your family enjoyed it.

      Rupali Agarwal

      Reply

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