Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup: The World’s Cosiest Combo

On the cold winter days, don’t you just feel like sitting in your bed while watching the reruns of your favourite movie? If your plans resonate with this idea, all you have to do is complete it with a cosy food combo. And what would be better than a nutritious bowl of soup paired with grilled cheese with the best cheese pull? Here is a recipe that is the perfect cure to your hunger pangs, and that too, without any fancy grocery shopping and elaborate cooking process.

prep time 00 Hour 15 Mins

cook time 00 Hour 30 Mins

chef Garima Johar

On hard and tiring days, food combinations like rajma chawal, samosa with chai, vada sambar, etc, can make you feel like everything is okay. But what can you do if you don’t feel like standing in the kitchen after an exhausting day? You can make the quickest comforting combo – grilled cheese paired with a bowl of hot tomato soup.

The combination comes in handy, especially in the biting cold season. You can just curl up in a warm blanket whilst sipping on the tomato soup and biting into the cheesiest sandwich. And the best part is, it hardly takes any time to make the world’s cosiest combo. If you’re making the soup and grilled cheese from scratch, you can get out of the kitchen in less than 45 minutes. But if you already have some tomato puree, you can be done with the cooking even faster.

Perfect for beginners, this recipe can be made with basic kitchen ingredients. Without puzzling you with elaborate steps and confusing instructions, here is a simple recipe

If you want to make your soup creamy without adding cream, use this hack. Just boil a potato, peel it and add it to the pot along with the chopped tomatoes. Blend using a food processor, and you’ll get a thicker consistency and a velvety finish.
Experiment with seasoning to suit the taste of your soup as per your liking. You can add oregano, chilli flakes or some garam masala with chopped coriander leaves.
The secret to making the crunchiest grilled cheese is patience. Whether you’re making it in a sandwich maker or on a tawa, keep the heat to a minimum. Give the cheese ample time to melt and the bread slices to turn crunchy without burning.
Try to add grated cheese instead of cheese slices to get the perfect cheese pull. You can also mix some oregano and chilli flakes with the grated cheese to make the snack wholesome.
To reheat the grilled cheese sandwich, you can use an OTG oven or even an air fryer.

Step 1

Heat some butter in a pot, chop the onion and garlic, and sauté till the onions are translucent.

Step 2

Chop the tomatoes and add them to the pot. Mix in salt and pepper and cook for about five minutes. Stir till the tomatoes are mushy.

Step 3

Depending on what you’re using, add water or vegetable broth and bring the mixture to a boil. Then, cover the lid and simmer the soup.

Step 4

After 15-20 minutes, turn off the flame and let the soup cool down. You can then blend the soup with a hand blender or mixer grinder to get a smooth consistency.

Step 5

If you want a cafe-like consistency, you can even strain the soup through a sieve.

Step 6

Once consistent, simmer the soup on low heat and stir in fresh cream. After a couple of minutes, mix in salt and pepper to taste.

Step 7

In the meantime, you can prepare the grilled cheese. Just take four slices of bread and generously spread a layer of butter on one side of each slice.

Step 8

Add the cheese to the non-buttered side of the bread. You can either use a cheese slice or use a generous amount of grated cheese.

Step 9

Enclose the cheese with bread slices, but make sure you keep the buttered side facing outside.

Step 10

Cook the sandwich on a tawa or a sandwich maker till the bread slices are crunchy and the cheese melts.

Step 11

Slice the sandwich into triangles and serve with the freshly prepared tomato soup.

Frequently Asked Questions

To make the recipe vegan, you can use plant-based oil or butter, plant-based cheese, and coconut milk instead of cream.

To turn the snack into a filling and balanced meal, you can pair it with a side of salad or some roasted vegetables.

Yes, canned tomatoes would work perfectly well. Just make sure that you reduce the cooking time, as the canned tomatoes will already be soft and mushy.

Calories 660 Kcal

Total Fat 30 g

Carbs 75 g

Protein 22 g

ESSENTIAL ITEMS

6 piece For the Tomato Soup: Tomatoes

1 piece Onion

4 piece Garlic cloves

1 tbsp Butter

2 cups Vegetable broth (or water)

2 tbsp Fresh cream

as per taste Salt

0.5 tsp Black pepper

4 slice For the Grilled Cheese: Bread

4 slice Cheese

2 tbsp Butter (salted)

OPTIONAL

1 tsp Sugar

Recipe by:

Garima Johar

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