
Ingredients:
• 1 kg – Tomatoes ripe, red, flat small variety
• 50 gms – Onion chopped
• 25 gms – Ginger peeled
• 10 gms – Garlic peeled
• 2 tsp – chilli powder
• 3 tsp – salt
• 100 gms- Sugar
• 3 tbsp- Vinegar
• 1/5 tsp – Citric acid, dissolved in Vinegar
• 1/5 tsp – sodium benzoate, dissolved in 2 tsp warm water
Method:
- Wipe tomatoes clean, nip off base scar.
- Chop onion, tomatoes roughly.
- Crush garlic, ginger and mix with tomatoes and onions.
- Put in a large, heavy pan, drop in spice pouch.
- Heat while stirring frequently.
- Do not allow to burn at the bottom.
- When the tomatoes are very soft, take off fire.
- Remove pouch, blend smooth, sieve to remove skins, seeds, etc.
- Add chilli powder, salt and sugar.
- Boil till consistency achieve plate test.
- Add vinegar, boil for 5 mins.
- Remove from stove, add sodium benzoate immediately.
- Stir and fill in sterilized bottles while still hot.
- Cap immediately.
Recipe courtesy of Saroj Kering