Cut the carrots into small cubes.
Finely chop the onion and chop the garlic or press it through a garlic press.
Cut the potatoes into 1-1.5 cm cubes.
Cut the tomatoes into large cubes.
When the water in the pan boils, reduce the heat to minimum. Put the carrots into the broth, after 5 minutes - washed rice and onion. After 5 minutes, add the potatoes to the broth, and after another 10 minutes - chopped tomatoes. Cook the soup over low heat, periodically skimming off the foam.
When all the ingredients in the soup are almost ready, put the sprat in tomato sauce into the soup. Add salt, pepper to taste and bay leaf. Stir and cook the soup for another 10 minutes. Turn off the finished dish and cover with a lid. Let it sit for 30 minutes or serve immediately.
Garnish a serving of the finished soup with chopped herbs.