Ten steps: How to make Beetroot Soup

For all those who are watching their calories and want to stay healthy, Beetroot soup, full of vitamins and minerals and packed with powerful antioxidants is a perfect option (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Ingredients (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Preheat oven to 200oC. In a baking dish add tomatoes, quartered. Sprinkle over chopped garlic and about 1 tbsp of olive oil. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Bake for 20 min. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

While the tomatoes are in the oven, you can do the rest of preparation - chop onions and grate beetroots. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Heat oil in a pot. Once the oil is hot, add onions and sauté for 4-5 minutes until the onions are soft. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

In the meantime, the tomatoes would be done so take them out of the oven and leave them on a rack to cool. Once cooled it will be very easy to remove the skin of the tomatoes and simply mash them with the back of a spoon to get a puree. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Add grated beetroot, stock, salt and pepper seasoning to the onions in the pan. Mix well and cook covered for about 10 mins. Occasionally stir the mixture in between. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

To this add the tomato puree. Mix well and cook for another minute. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Remove the soup from heat and process with a hand blender in the pan or transfer the contents to a food processor and blend. (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Empty into soup bowl. Garnish with some cream, croutons and spring onion greens and serve immediately! (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)

Your bowl will look exactly like this after you finish eating the soup (Source: Ashima Goyal Siraj)