Tomato and Couscous Soup

Leggy Peggy's Note:

This tomato soup is nutritious, delicious, easy-to-make and ready in just over 30 minutes. Serve hot, room temp or even cold. Use vegetable stock to make it vegetarian/vegan. This has been adapted from a Julie Le Clerc recipe.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, finely diced
• 1 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 (400 g) cans diced tomatoes
• 70 g tomato paste
• 4 cups vegetable stock or 4 cups chicken stock
• 1/3 cup instant couscous
• 1/2 bunch fresh coriander, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (or to taste)

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large saucepan. Add onion and cook over moderate heat until onion is softened (about 10 minutes).
2. Add the cumin and garlic, and sauté for 1 minute.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for about 15 minutes.
4. Add couscous and simmer for a further 5-10 minutes, or until couscous is tender.
5. Season with salt and pepper and serve garnished with fresh coriander (cilantro).

Reviews

[Hanka]

Very tasty soup. My DH loved it. I love addition of tomato paste as it gives strong flavor. I added 1Tbsp. of sugar to cut acidity and it gives soup a bit of sweetness. Used 2 vegetable stock cubes. I cooked it for 30 min. and than puree the soup for nice smooth texture. The consistency of the soup was just perfect not too thick or too watery. I cooked the couscous separately and added to the soup at the time of serving. Garnished with fresh chive and served with crusty cheese crostini. Definitely keeper! Made for January 2012 swap recipe. Thank you Leggy Peggy!

[Debbwl]

This soup is a nice healthy way to chase away the cold of the day. We really liked the addition of both the couscous and cumin. Made using caned fire roasted tomatoes and no salt. Thanks for the post.

[Ardenia]

Tasty and budget friendly! Thank you for a new favourite :).