Hot Rough Tomato Soup

Ingredients

3 ripe tomatoes
2 tb ghee
1 onion
1 potato
3/4 c tomato paste
7 1/2 c vegetable stock
1 pn thyme
2 chilies
12 peppercorns
3 bay leaves

Instructions

Salt Skin the tomatoes & cut into chunks. Melt ghee in pot over medium-low heat & cook onion till it turns golden. Add the rest of the ingredients, adding enough salt to taste. Simmer for 45 minutes. Adapted from Ismail Merchant's "Indian Cuisine"