Homemade Healthy Ketchup Recipe: Be it home or restaurant, people like to eat ketchup with samosas or pakoras. Not only this, if you are preparing Chinese food, then you have to use ketchup. But do you know how harmful it is for health? Yes, in fact, preservatives are used a lot in ketchup. Apart from this, sugar and high fructose corn syrup are also used in abundance to make it tasty. Due to which its excessive use can be dangerous. If you are not eating it due to these reasons, then let us tell you that you can easily make tasty and healthy ketchup at home. Let’s know how.
Ingredients to make homemade ketchup-
Tomatoes- 10
Apple cider vinegar – 1 teaspoon
Honey – 5 teaspoons
Salt – one-fourth teaspoon
Garlic – 4-5 cloves (chopped)
Ginger – 1 inch piece (chopped)
Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
Method of preparation,
First of all, wash the tomatoes thoroughly and chop them and make a puree by putting them in a blender. Now put the puree in a pan and cook it on low flame. When it starts to thicken a little, then add chopped ginger and garlic to it.
Now cook it till the rawness of the tomatoes goes away. Now add sugar, salt, red chilli powder and garam masala to it. If you want, you can not add red chilli or garam masala to it. Now mix it well and cook.
Slowly the ketchup will start thickening. Now add vinegar to it and cook for another 5 minutes. Now filter the prepared ketchup through a sieve so that it becomes smooth. Cool it and keep it in a dry airtight container. You can store it in the fridge and use it within 2 to 3 months.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : September 17, 2024, 19:45 IST
