Sunday, November 7, 2010

Tomato Souffle: Sweet Punch for November 2010


I drafted this whole post yesterday writing all my stories, today when I made a few changes to post it, everything got deleted. So now I don't have ant patience to type everything again.
  Anyway this month challenge is from Ria of Ria's Collections. This month it was really exciting since we were given three options to choose.
Tomato Souffle
Chocolate Mousse with egg and without egg.
 Since Tomato souffle is something totally new to me and I have never tried or tasted it, I went for tomato souffle, which was lovely. This month Sweet Punch is Savoury.. Even my fuzzy eating little ones enjoyed having it from the warm ramekins, I can't give any more better compliment than this.

Serves 4
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 to 30 minutes

Ingredients:
  1. Bread crumbs – 1/2 cup, firmly packed
  2. Butter – 15 gm
    Onion – 1 medium, finely chopped
    Plain flour (maida) – 2 tbsp
    Milk – 1 cup
  3. Tomato paste – 3 tbsp
    Basil – 1 tbsp, finely chopped (optional)
  4. Eggs – 3 egg whites and 2 egg yolks
  5. Grated Cheese – a handful ( I used cheddar)
  6. Method:
Grease 4 souffle dishes (1/2 cup capacity), sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Melt butter in small saucepan, add finely chopped onion. Stir over low heat for 2 minutes . Cook until onion is soft, it doesn’t have to become brown. Stir in flour and stir over medium heat for a minute. Remove from heat, gradually stir in milk, bring back to heat and stir over high heat until mixture boils & thickens & reaches a thick sauce like consistency. 
Transfer to large bowl, stir in tomato paste & basil leaves. Cover the dish & let it stand for 5 minutes. Beat egg whites in a small bowl until soft peaks from. Add egg yolks to the onion & milk mixture & mix well. Fold the egg whites into the mixture in 2 batches. Pour the mixture evenly into the prepared dishes. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top. Bake in the preheated oven for 20- 25 minutes or until lightly browned. 

Serve warm with bread.

26 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Woww fabulous looking tomato souffle..

subhashini said...

Looking so yummy and delicious

Nithya said...

Looks absolutely tempting :) yummmm

Binys Recipes said...

that looks sooo yummy dear...so sorry to hear that the drafted thing got deleted...thats a bit frustrating......the picture is awesome....
Biny

Sweet Artichoke said...

This soufflé looks delicious! I've been wanting to make soufflés for ages but did not try yet...
The picture is very good, too!

harini-jaya said...

fantastic looking ones...the pic is very tempting ..doesn't matter if u don't write any stories with it..the pic says it all!!

Anu Nandu said...

Awww..I'm sorry all your stories got deleted! But, the souffle makes up for all of it! Looks wonderful!

Rachana said...

Gorgeous looking tomato souffle!

Priya Sreeram said...

wowee- looks yum!

aipi said...

Wow..tomato souffle looks lovely.. light and airy.

US Masala

Prema said...

iam drooling here,amazing picture and wounderful recipe...

Prathima Rao said...

Marvelous souffle!!!

Tahemeem said...

I tried chocolate souffle one time and loved it.. but never knew that it can be made with tomatoes... will sure try it :)
And the presentation is just wow...

Kurinji said...

looks yummy....

Gayathri Kumar said...

Looks delicious

Unknown said...

Lovely pic!! Tomato souffle looks very tasty..

Suparna said...

hi,
The souffle looks fab! saw the same at Bharathy's blog and was drooling..came here and had the same effect! may be I too should give it a try :)
The previous post too looks super cool and well prepared!!
TC

Anuka said...

wow..awesome...souffle looks great

Nammi said...

always hear of cheese souffle's this one looks great!!!

Shobha said...

This is something new...I will try it out soon.

Finla said...

Looks perfect and yumm.

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Tomato Souffle looks wonderful. The very look is so inviting. Love to try it out someday in this month. Already bookmarked it.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Pavithra Elangovan said...

OOooooooooh wow they look perfectly gorgeous... I am sorry that ur stories got deleted :(

Unknown said...

How sad....colourful souffle!

Amritha Kalyani said...

woooww.. looks fantastic.. very tempting.. dont worry about your story. it happens. :-)

Ragini Miranda's Kitchen said...

what an amazing ,mouthwatering pic dear !! and as for your culinary skills,hats off to you !!

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