Later one day, he suggested me why not I make a home made tomato ketchup for him. He also said, it is an easy process and requires just tomatoes, vinegar and sugar. I was very surprised because, he not only loves ketchup, but also remember the ingredients for making it at home. So, for him, I tried to make with what ever items he has told and certainly it was way more delicious than the store brought ketchup !.
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Yields : 1 bowl of sauce
INGREDIENTS:
Fully Ripen Tomatoes - 4 no.s
Sugar - 4 teaspoons
Vinegar - 1 tablespoon
Kashmiri chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt - as required
METHOD:
1. In a pan, take sufficient water and sprinkle some salt and allow it to boil. Add tomatoes to that. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, and you can see the skin of tomatoes comes off . It denotes that tomatoes are cooked well.
2. Now take the tomatoes out of water. Grind them to a fine paste, without adding any water. There shouldn't be any lumps in the paste.
3. Take pan, add the tomato puree prepared. Allow them to boil. Stir in between.
4. Stir occasionally to avoid the sauce getting burnt. You can see the sauce reduce in content and turns thick. Add required salt, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of kashmiri chilli powder . Sugar and salt level depends on your level of sweetness and taste. You can taste and adjust accordingly. Usually we prefer, less sweet sauce. Hence I have added 4 teaspoon of sugar for 4 big ripened tomatoes.
5. Now cook further, till most of the water evaporates and the sauce turns thick as below. Now add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and mix well for 1 minute.
6. Tomato Ketchup is ready !. Vinegar acts as a preservative for this ketchup. You can refrigerate and keep the sauce for 3 to 4 days.
SEE ALSO : French Fries Recipe
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