Recipe - Hot Rough Tomato Soup

3 lg Ripe tomatoes
2 tablespoon Ghee
1 lg Onion, coarsely chopped
1 small Potato, cubed
Three fourths cup Tomato paste
7 One half cup Vegetable stock
1 pn Thyme
2 small Dried red chilies, chopped
6 Whole cloves
12 Peppercorns
3 Bay leaves
Salt

Skin the tomatoes & cut into chunks. Melt ghee in pot over mediumlow heat
& cook onion till it turns golden. Add the rest of the ingredients, adding
enough salt to taste. Simmer for 45 minutes.

Adapted from Ismail Merchant's "Indian Cuisine"