TOMATO KETCHUP...

home made tomato ketchup... yummy and tasty...

TIME TAKEN: 30 MINS.

INGREDIENTS:

TOMATOES (RIPED)	500 GRAMS
GREEN CHILI’S	2
CINNAMON STICKS	2 OF 1 INCH
CLOVES	5 – 6
SUGAR	1 TSP
CITRIC ACID	½ TSP
SODIUM BENZOATE	A PINCH
CHILI POWDER	½ TSP
SALT	½ TSP

METHOD:

 Ø  Roughly chop tomatoes and chili’s, add cinnamon sticks and cloves and grind it into fine paste. Filter the tomato puree and cook it on a high flame till it starts boiling.

 Ø  Now add salt, chili powder, stir it and reduce the flame and cook till the tomato puree gets thick. Now add sugar, citric acid, stir it and off the gas. Dissolve sodium benzoate in 1 tbsp water and add to the ketchup stir it.

Allow it to cool and store in a glass bottle.