Tomato Ketchup.   Ingredients: -Tomato–      1 kg.      Sugar-   ½ cup.   Black sal  ½ teaspoon.                 Dry Mango pwd–     ½ teaspoonSalt–                         ½ teaspoon.    Red chilli pwd–         ½ teaspoon.   Vinegar–  2 teaspoons.        Method.                 Take fresh and ripe tomatoes, wash and cut into big chunks.Pressure cooker the tomatoes for 3 whistle. Open and allow to cool.Blend the tomatoes into a thick puree, strain the puree to remove seeds and skin of tomato puree.Heat a wok, add the puree, once it starts boiling add the sugar. Allow it to simmer, stir occasionally. when the puree starts thickening, add the black salt, mango pwd and red chilli pwd.Allow the puree to further reduces, put off the gas and add the vinegar, your ketchup is ready.(How to test if ketchup is ready . take a spoon full of ketchup and drop it in a plate and tilt the plate if you find no water running out of the puree then your ketchup is ready.)Jar the ketchup and store it in the fridge.With the pleasant climate, enjoy homemade ketchup with any snack along with a cup of coffee/ tea. 😊

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