Quick And Easy Tomato Shorba - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 onion, diced finely
2 garlic cloves, diced finely
1 -2 teaspoon fresh ginger, about a 1/4-inch piece of a knob
1 (10 ounce) can tomato soup
2 cherry tomatoes
3 tablespoons cream soup, base
7 ounces milk
1/2 teaspoon coconut oil or 1/2 teaspoon other neutral flavored oil
Spices (I eyeballed them so add to taste)
1 teaspoon coriander
1/4 teaspoon cardamom (optional)
1/4 teaspoon garam masala (optional)
3 -4 saffron threads (optional)
1/8 teaspoon lemon juice

Preparation

First, prep the veggies and have them ready.
In an appropriately sized pot on medium low, heat your oil,
add the onion and get that started to translucent,
add the garlic about half way through,
then add the tomato soup as the onions start to get translucent.
Add ginger, tomato, and spices as the tomato soup starts to warm up, stir very often.
Mix the cream soup base in the soup can with the milk, careful to remove lumps and add it to the rest. Hey, you can use a cup, but why dirty more dishes for a one-pot recipe, right?.
Bring to a very slow boil and reduce heat to nearly low so it simmers gently and thickens up for a few minutes.
Serve with naan, onion kulcha, toasted pita with a bit of cream cheese on it, or whatever you like. The soup often has little round croutons in it which I didn't have , so omitted it. You can add shelled raw (green) pistachios if you feel adventurous.