sentence: keep pan on medium heat add olive oil and saute onions and celery chops adding salt and cook onions translucent sentence: add finely chopped garlic give a stir and cook for a minute sentence: pour vegetable stock to the salted mixture and give a stir sentence: now add 1 large can of crushed tomatoes to the broth and stir sentence: bring to a simmer on high and bring to bubble seasoning with ground black pepper and cayenne and pepperica mix sentence: add little sugar and wait till the soup comes up to a simmer sentence: add 3tbs of regular long grain rice and stri to thicken the soup sentence: adjust heat to maintain steady simmer sentence: any fat rising to the top while simmering can be skimmed off and continue to simmer for about 35-45 minutes sentence: when all veggies are cooked soft reduce heat to low and add salt and sugar per the taste and stir sentence: blend the mixture using blender for few minutes till the soup is smooth and creamy sentence: add thick cream stir and bring the soup to proper consistency sentence: adjust for salt sweet and heat keep stir and serve hot garnishing with cream and chopped basil on top