Tomato Ketch up

• Ingredients :
• Tomato - 500 gms
• Onion - 50 gms
• Ginger - 10 gms
• Garlic - 25 gms
• Cloves - 3
• Cinnamon - 2 sticks
• Cardamom - 4
• Sugar - 50 gms
• Salt - 10 gms
• Glacial Acetic Acid - 2 ml
• Sodium Benzoiate - 100 mg
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• Method :
• Wash the tomatoes thoroughly and cut into small pieces.
• Chop ginger, garlic and onion. Pressure cook all these for 2 to 3 whistles or 25 minutes..
• Blend the mixture and strain through a strainer..
• Add red chili powder and half amount of sugar.
• Tie all the whole spices in a muslin cloth and put this bag in the mixture.
• Cook the mixture first on high flame for 10-15 minutes and then on medium flame till it reduces to half the quantity.
• Add remaining sugar and acetic acid to the sauce. Stir well and cook for another 10 minutes and put off the flame.
• Cool it and add sodium benzoiate when lukewarm.
• Let it cool completely.
• Fill in sterilized bottle and preserve.