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Tomato and Barley Soup

Posted on: May 1, 2014, in Umngazi Recipes

(This recipe serves 8)
Ingredients:

• A little olive oil for frying
• 2 onions peeled and finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic crushed
• 1 tablespoon mild curry powder
• 3.5 tablespoons chicken/ vegetable stock
• 2 cups pearl barely
• 1 tin whole peeled tomatoes
• 3 litres water

Method

• Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a pan and fry the garlic and onions until soft and transparent
• Add curry powder and fry a little more
• Stir in the stock and tomatoes and then blitz 3 quarters of the volume to form a puree and add back to the other quarter of liquid
• Now add the Barley and simmer till soft, tender and all swelled up
• Season to taste
• Add a little Tabasco to spice it up

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