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Pearl
9th March 2005, 01:43 PM
HOME MADE TOMATO SAUCE

1 Kg Red Ripe Tomatoes - chopped; 1 Big Onion finely minced; 2 tbspns Oil.

Put a vessel on the gas – add oil & fry the onions till soft, lower flame to min. add the chopped tomatoes, Ό cup of water, & cook for ½ an hr. till soft & Pulpy/mushy. Leave to cool for a while, then blend in a mixie & rub the pulp throu’ a strainer. Put this pulp into another clean vessel & keep – add salt to taste, ½ tspn Chillie pwd. ½ cup brown sugar or normal sugar;

Put all these ingredients into a muslin bag _ 7-8 cloves, ½ tspns Pepper Corns crushed; & add to the above mixture.

Mix 2 tbspns of Corn flour with ½ cup White Vinegar & also add to the above mixture – mix well & place the vessel on low heat & cook stirring all the time till the thickness is obtained leave to cool Bottle & keep.

If you want to preserver the Sauce for a longer period – take ½ cup of the prepared Sauce add ½ tspn of Sodium Benzoate mix well and add this to the rest of the Sauce, now mix nicely – leave to cool – bottle & use.

Pearl Subramanian

ziaxxxxx
5th April 2005, 05:49 PM
hey pearl..once agai thank fer this luvlu\y recipe....tel me..is this the same as tomato ketchup.?? if it isnt...can u pls give me the recipe of homemade tomato ketchup??

sarithasai5
5th April 2005, 07:43 PM
Hey ! Thank u for the sauce.
Will try out
:)

Pearl
12th April 2005, 07:05 PM
HOME MADE TOMATO KETCHUP

1 Kg Red Ripe Tomatoes – wahed & cut each tomato into 6 or 8 pcs keep aside.
salt to taste, ½ tspn Chillie pwd. ½ cup brown sugar or normal sugar;


Put all these ingredients into a muslin bag - 7-8 cloves, Bay leaves 2 no.’s, ½ tspns Pepper Corns crushed; 1” pc. Of Cinnamon; 1 tspn grated nutmeg; 1” pc of ginger – crushed; & keep.

Put a vessel on the gas – lower flame to min. add the chopped tomatoes, Ό cup of water, & the bag of spices & cook for ½ an hr. till soft & Pulpy/mushy stirring now & again. Once the mixture thickens – remove from heat, leave to cool for a while, remove the spice bag - then blend in a mixie & rub the pulp throu’ a strainer. Put this pulp into another clean vessel & keep – add salt to taste, ½ tspn Chillie pwd. ½ cup brown sugar or normal sugar;

Mix 2 tbspns of Corn flour with ½ cup White Vinegar & also add to the above mixture – mix well & place the vessel on low heat & cook stirring all the time till the thickness is obtained leave to cool Bottle & keep.

If you want to preserver the Sauce for a longer period – take ½ cup of the prepared Sauce add ½ tspn of Sodium Benzoate mix well and add this to the rest of the Sauce, now mix nicely – leave to cool – bottle & use.

Pearl Subramanian