Tomato Soup

Description
This soup is also delicious served cold with sprinkled olive oil instead of butter.

Ingredients

 * 1.5 qts /1,5 l water
 * 2 lbs / 1 kg tomatoes
 * 1 big carrot
 * 1 big parsley root
 * 1 onion
 * 2 garlic cloves
 * 1 tablespoon chopped dill
 * parsley
 * 1 teaspoon sugar
 * 1 teaspoon flour
 * 2 tablespoons oil if served cold or butter if served warm
 * 2 tablespoons rice
 * salt

Directions

 * 1) Wash the tomatoes and set to boil with 1 pint / 500 ml water.
 * 2) When the tomatoes have softened, strain. Grate the carrot, parsley root and Onion and set to boil with garlic and 1 qt / 1 l water, until all vegetables are tender.
 * 3) Then strain and add the tomato liquid to the vegetable liquid.
 * 4) Also add rice, salt and Sugar, letting everything boil, covered, until the rice is half done.
 * 5) Dust the flour over the soup, stir it and let boil until the rice is done.
 * 6) Add chopped dill, parsley and butter.