Homemade tomato ketchup

I usually prepare tomato ketchup at home with fresh tomatoes and spices. I don't use any preservatives, so I used to prepare it very less quantity and keep it in fridge for later use. It is very easy to make and taste good too 😊. You can adjust spices to vary the flavor of tomato ketchup. 

Here is the recipe for homemade hot and sweet tomato ketchup.

Ingredients

1. Tomatoes – 5 medium sized
2. Garlic crushed – ½ tablespoon
3. Cinnamon stick – 1
4. Cloves – 6
5. Cumin seed – ¼ tablespoon
6. Onions - a small piece
7. Chilli powder – 1 tablespoon
8. Sugar – 1 tablespoon

Instructions

• Chop cleaned tomatoes into small piece and deseed it. Make a pure in the blender.  Keep it aside

• Heat pan on low flame and add cinnamon stick, crushed garlic, clove and cumin seeds to it. Saute all till the spices release its aroma.

• Pour tomato puree into a pan and stir continually till water does not separate from the puree

• Add chopped onions to the puree. Combine the mixture together

• Add red chilli powder to the cooked puree

• Into it add sugar and sauté till the sugar dissolves in the puree.

• Turn off the heat and extract the hot sweet puree into a strainer. Tasty tomato ketchup is ready to taste.

Note

I didn’t add preservatives while preparing this ketchup, so you have to use it fast. You can keep the ketchup in fridge and use it.