Home-made Tomato sauce / ketchup preparation

Tomato sauce/ketchup preparation at home

tomato sauce is one of the universal recipes that go well with almost everything from western dishes to our traditional eastern culture.

It can be used as one of the ingredients in a recipe or side dishes and plays a great role in sandwiches, burger, pizzas, samosas, chats, idly, dosa, and many other dishes.

I love tomato sauce! and learned to prepare it. though it is the first time it turned out very well and tasted yummy and that's why I wanted to share my recipe of yummy sauce. 

lets now see the recipe for the preparation of tomato sauce.

ingredients required 

Red ripe tomatoes 1 kg

clove 2

cinnamon 1 inch 

garlic 3 pods 

small onion 1

ginger 1-inch piece

green chilli 1 (this can be modified as per your taste )

red chilli powder 1 teaspoon

salt 

sugar 1 1/2 cups 

vinegar (if you are storing for a longer period )

preparation:

wash and cut the tomatoes, prepare them.

chopped tomatoes 

now heat a Kadai/pan and cook the tomatoes 

saute tomato in a pan

now put cloves, cinnamon, garlic, onion, chilies, and ginger in a small white cloth and tie a knot.

make a small bag out of these ingredients 

now put the bag into the tomato and cook the tomato in low flame for at least 10 - 15 minutes.

cooked tomato 

now allow the cooked tomato to cool down and take it in a mixer jar

remove the bag and squeeze the bag to extract the essence of the ingredients in the bag 

squeeze the bag in jar 

now grind the tomatoes to make a fine tomato paste.

grind the tomatoes in a jar 

finely ground tomato pulp

now filter the pulp in a strainer to remove the seed and peel particles out of it.

filter the pulp in a strainer 

now add the filtered pulp in a pan and cook it in low flame.

add salt, sugar, and vinegar and cook for few minutes in low flame.

add salt 

add sugar

add chili powder and mix well 

add chilli powder

Allow it to cool down and transfer the sauce in an airtight container and store well. 

cooked tomato ketchup

finger-licking good ! yummy tasty sauce ready to be served with any of your main dishes.

Tomato sauce/ ketchup