Homemade Tomato Ketchup
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Learn how to make tomato sauce at home with this very simple method. Homemade tomato ketchup is always healthier as it is free of all artificial flavours and colours.
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Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 1 kg ripe tomatoes
- Chopped onions - 100 gms
- Garlic cloves - 8-10 pcs
- Spices Cloves, black cardamon, Cinnamon stick - 3 pcs
- Black pepper - 8-10 pcs
- Red Chili powder - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1-2 tsp
- Sugar - 2 tsp
- Sodium Benzoate - 1/2 tsp to be used in case of preservation
- Vinegar - 50 ml
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Instructions
- Wash and chop tomatoes. In a pressure cooker, add tomatoes, onions, garlic and little water. Cook till tomatoes becomes soft and pulpy.
- Sieve the tomato puree and cook again with all spices. Tie the spices in a muslin cloth and add in puree. Cook for 15-20 for all flavours to get induced in the puree.
- Once the puree gets thick, remove the bouquet garni and add rest of the ingredients. Cook till sauce like consistency is achieved.
- Once tomato ketchup is ready, switch off the flame and add sodium benzoate mixed in little puree. This is a preservative, which can be avoided as well.
- Sterilize the glass jars in which tomato ketchup needs to be stored. Serve this homemade tomato ketchup with fries, sandwiches etc.
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