Mexican Fiesta Soup With Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe

This soup is a hearty and wholesome soup recipe bursting with Mexican flavours.The roasted tomato pesto adds a beautiful flavour to the soup.It is also loaded with the goodness of vegetables. You can serve it along with a slice of garlic bread by the side.

Nithya Anantham
Mexican Fiesta Soup With Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe
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Mexican Fiesta Soup with Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe is a hearty and wholesome soup recipe bursting with Mexican flavours. The roasted tomato pesto adds a beautiful flavour to the soup.It is also loaded with the goodness of vegetables. It is spicy, tangy and quite filling at the same time.

Serve the Mexican Fiesta Soup with Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe along with few sliced of freshly baked focaccia for a healthy and hearty weeknight dinner.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Soup recipes such as

  1. Tomato Noodle Soup Recipe
  2. Guacamole Soup Recipe
  3. Roasted Tomato and Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Cuisine: Mexican
Course: Dinner
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok)
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

15 M

Total in

25 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 Tomatoes , charred
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1/2 cup Rajma (Large Kidney Beans) , boiled
  • 1/2 cup Sweet corn , boiled
  • 1 Leek , finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup Yellow Bell Pepper (Capsicum) , finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup Red Bell pepper (Capsicum) , finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum) , finely chopped
  • 1 Onion , finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Paprika powder
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • 10 Tortillas , chips for garnish
  • 2 teaspoon Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
  • 1 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Salt , to taste

How to make Mexican Fiesta Soup With Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe

  1. To begin making Mexican Fiesta Soup with Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe, we first start with making the tomatillo pesto.

  2. Wash and massage the tomatoes with little oil and roast it on open stove till the tomatoes are all charred from all sides.

  3. Likewise, also char the garlic cloves and keep aside.

  4. Now peel the skin of tomatoes and garlic, make a fine paste of it along with coriander leaves, a tablespoon of olive oil using a mixer grinder and keep aside.

  5. Heat oil in a pan, add the leek and the onions, saute until it turns translucent.

  6. Add the red, yellow and green bell peppers and saute for a minute.

  7. Add the boiled corn and red kidney beans and mix well.

  8. Add in the cumin powder, paprika and the prepared tomato pesto, season with salt and mix well.

  9. Add in 4 cups of water, simmer for 10 minutes and switch off the flame.

  10. Garnish with lemon juice, coriander leaves and few tortilla chips on top.

  11. Serve the Mexican Fiesta Soup with Roasted Tomatillo Pesto Recipe along with few slices of freshly baked focaccia for a healthy and hearty weeknight dinner.