Gazpacho-Andalusian Cold Tomato Soup

Gazpacho is a cold Spanish tomato-based raw vegetable soup, originating in the southern region of Andalusia. Gazpacho is widely consumed throughout Spain, neighboring Portugal where it is known as gaspacho and parts of Latin America. Gazpacho is mostly consumed during the summer months, due to its refreshing qualities.Gazpacho can be eaten from a soup bowl, or can be drunk from a glass.Its a tasty, satisfying and very healthy soup, since its made from nothing but fresh vegetables and a bit of oil and vinegar.As its quite hot here, i wanted to make this beautiful as well as refreshing soup for our dinner,also this soup goes for tomatoes, cucumber, bellpeppers, onions,bread slices and garlic spiced with cumin seeds, pepper powder and salt along with olive oil and vinegar...Quite an easy breezy soup get ready within few minutes and usually served chilled...We enjoyed having this cold soup for our dinner along with some toasted bread slices..



4nos Tomatoes (ripen & chopped)
2nos Cucumber (chopped))
1no Small onion (chopped)
2nos Bread slices
3nos Garlic cloves
1no Green bell pepper (chopped)
1no Red bellpepper (chopped)
3tbsp Olive oil
2tbsp Vinegar
Salt
Pepper powder & cumin powder as per need

Soak the bread in water, squeeze out the excess of the water from the bread..Take the chopped tomatoes, bread, chopped cucumber, chopped onions, garlic cloves, chopped bellpeppers with pepper powder, cumin powder, salt and blend everything as smooth paste, finally add the olive oil, mix well and refrigerate for atleast 2-3hours...garnish with cucumber chunks or croutons..

Enjoy the chilled gazpacho!