How to Make Tomato Ketchup from Fresh Tomatoes | Best Homemade Ketchup Recipe

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness while brown sugar adds depth.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar offers a milder flavor.

Cut fresh ripe tomatoes and transfer them into a cooking pot.

Cook the tomatoes on heat for about 10 minutes without adding water until soft.

Transfer the cooked tomatoes into a blender and blend smoothly without adding water.

Strain the blended tomatoes to remove seeds and unblended skin.

Cut onions into blendable sizes and transfer them into a blender.

Add cloves and garlic to the blender with the onions and blend smoothly with half cup of water.

Strain the blended onion mixture to collect just the juice.

Add the onion juice to the strained tomato paste.

Add 1 and 1/2 tbsp of granulated sugar, 1/2 tbsp of salt, 1/2 tbsp of cinnamon powder, and 3 tbsp of white vinegar to the tomato paste and mix well.

Cook the mixture on heat.

Dissolve 2 tbsp of corn flour in water to make a slurry and set aside.

After cooking the mixture for about 10 minutes on low heat, gradually add the corn flour slurry bit by bit while mixing until the desired consistency is achieved.

Cook for another 5 minutes until thickened to the desired consistency and then turn off the heat.

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