Homemade Tomato Ketchup Recipe | Easy Tomato Ketchup Recipe | Tomato sauce recipe

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar is often less expensive.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar has a milder flavor and potential health benefits, while white vinegar is usually cheaper.

Wash and chop 1 kilogram of red tomatoes into large pieces, ensuring they are juicy and without blemishes.

Place the chopped tomatoes into a large pot for cooking without adding any water.

Add a small quantity of garlic, ginger, and onion (1.5 kilograms total) to the pot.

Prepare a spice pouch with cumin, a stick of cinnamon, and 3-4 cloves, tying them in a piece of muslin cloth.

Add the spice pouch to the pot with the tomatoes and cover with a lid.

Cook on low to medium flame, allowing the tomatoes to release their juices and soften, which should take about 5-7 minutes.

After the tomatoes are soft, squeeze the spice pouch to extract the flavors and discard the solids.

Blend the cooked tomatoes in a blender until smooth, ensuring to remove skins and seeds during the blending process.

Strain the blended mixture using a strainer to remove any remaining solids.

Return the strained mixture to the pot and add 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon of white vinegar, 1/2 tablespoon of white salt, 1/2 tablespoon of black salt, and 1 tablespoon of red chili powder.

Cook the mixture for an additional 5 minutes, checking the consistency until it thickens and holds its shape on a plate without spreading.

Once the desired consistency is reached, allow the ketchup to cool to room temperature before storing.

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