Name: Tomato Ketchup /Sauce recipe by Geeta Sachdev at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 kilogram ripe tomatoes of good red colour , cut into quarters; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 tea spoon chilli powder; 1 tea spoon black salt; 1 tea spoon dried ginger powder; 1 tea spoon salt; 1 table spoon vinegar; 1/2 tea spoon sodium Benzoit; For the Potli:; 1 stick cinnamon broken; 1 black cardamom; 4 Cloves; 1 bay leaf broken; 6 pieces of coarsely crushed peppercorns

ABOUT Tomato Ketchup /Sauce RECIPE

Creamy, spicy and tangy, Tomato Ketchup, this simple but ideal and healthy procedure results in a flavourful and thick sauce

Ingredients Serving: 8

1 kilogram ripe tomatoes of good red colour , cut into quarters
1/3 cup sugar
1 tea spoon chilli powder
1 tea spoon black salt
1 tea spoon dried ginger powder
1 tea spoon salt
1 table spoon vinegar
1/2 tea spoon sodium Benzoit
For the Potli:
1 stick cinnamon broken
1 black cardamom
4 Cloves
1 bay leaf broken
6 pieces of coarsely crushed peppercorns

Instructions

Combine all the dry grounded ingredients in a muslin cloth, tie a knot and keep aside.
Combine the tomatoes and the prepared Potli in the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3 whistles, without adding water.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid, remove the Potli from the tomato mixture and discard it.
Cool the tomato mixture slightly and blend it in a mixer or grind it with grinder till smooth.
Strain the mixture using a strainer.
Transfer the tomato mixture into a deep non-stick pan, or in a cooker.. cook on a medium flame till 15 to 17 minutes
Add the chilli powder and black salt with dried ginger powder mix well
Add sugar mix nicely let the mixture cook till it gets the required thickness and also the mixture leaves the sides of the utensil while stirring occasionally.
Add plain salt to enhances the taste before adding vinegar
Add vinegar mixture and off the flame.Cool completely
Once cooled, add the sodium benzoate, mix well and store it in an air tight container in the refrigerator

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