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Hi , When my kid loves ketchup , I thought of trying in home. After a couple of attempts I got perfect taste , Inspired by Rita Arora's recipe in Betterbutter , tried this and it was a success. Here recipe for you , INGREDIENTS : Tomatoes – 20 nos. Cinnamon – 3 nos. Cloves – 3 nos. Cumin – 1 tblsp. Coriander powder – 1 tsp. Sugar – 1/4 cup. Chilli powder – 5 tsp. Vinegar – 7 tblsp. Tamarind water – 2 tblsp. Salt – 1/2 tsp. METHOD : In cooker add tomatoes and all spices except chilli powder, vinegar. Boil for 4 whistles. Once pressure subsides , open and let the mixture cool down. Grind it to fine puree and stain it. In kadai , add the ground puree, chilli powder, vinegar , tamarind water and salt. Let the mixture boil till it thickens. When the mixture is taken in spoon, the back side of spoon must be covered with sauce. It is the right consistency. Remove from flame, and let it cool down. Store ...

Hi , Sun dried tomatoes are special during summer, only in summers we would able to make this . Though Iam  not much expert in this my mum makes it perfectly. the pickle stays fresh in shelf for about 3 months and if refrigerated it stays good even for 6 months. Here is the awesome tomato pickle recipe . INGREDIENTS : Tomatoes - 1 kg. Salt - 4 tsp. Tamarind - guava sized. Fenugreek - 1 tsp Mustard - 2 tsp. Cumin - 1 tsp. Channa dal - 2 tsp. Tur dal - 2 tsp. Gingely oil - 5 tblsp. Dry red chillies - 15 nos. METHOD : 1) Wash and wipe tomatoes well. 2) Chop them roughly. 3) In a glass bowl add chopped tomatoes , salt and let it sit overnight. 4) Next morning the tomatoes will leave lot for water. 5) Squeeze tomato juice from tomatoes and spread in a wide plate. 6) Sun dry tomatoes and its juice in hot clear sun. 7) At end of the day fill the drying tomatoes in its juice itself and  keep overnight. 8) Next morning again repeat the process by ...

தமிழில் காண : கிளிக்  Hi All, TOMATO CARROT JUICE!! This is one of the easiest , healthiest drink I often take in this summer.And there is no need of any specific recipe for this drink , you can alter as per your choice. As I like tomatoes I add more tomatoes ,but you can even add more carrots than tomatoes. The simple recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Ripe tomatoes – 3 nos. Carrot – 1 no ( medium sized). Cloves – 2 nos. Sugar – 3 tsp ( optional – I didn't add). METHOD :  Chop carrots to small bits and grind them along with cloves to fine puree. Then add ripe tomatoes and grind again to fine juice. Filter the juice,add sugar and consume immediately. I don't like adding sugar so I skipped sugar , you can add if needed. NOTE : Drink the juice immediately , fresh juice tastes better. After filtering no need to throw the residue , you can add 1 tsp oil in kadai and add the residue , salt ,chill...

Hi All, RED CHILLI CHUTNEY!! Last week my whole family was suffering from severe cold.We were carving for something hot and spicy.Then my friend Ms.Chachithra from Florida called me and while talking she told me about this chilli chutney,Immediately I gave a try and it was complete satisfaction for our spicy carving. Actual recipe does not include tomatoes but as I have to feed the same to my daughter I added 2 small tomatoes to reduce the spiciness.The chutney was very yummy,tangy,spicy and with fantastic red colour.It is definitely going to be a treat for spicy lovers. The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Onions – 4 nos ( medium sized). Dry red chillies – 5 nos. Garlic – 7 pods. Tamarind – a small gooseberry sized. Tomatoes – 2 no ( small) ( optional). Salt – as required. Curry leaves – a sprig. Mustard – 1/4 tsp. Channa dal , Urad dal – 1/2 tsp. Gingelly oil – 3 tsp. NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. ...

Hi Friends, Making sidedish for Breakfast and Dinner must be most confusing task than anything.I always bang my head thinking what to do for Dinner.So I always have a handy of simple chutney recipes to help me when Iam struck. One of such spicy ,yummy chutney is MADURAI TOMATOCHUTNEY..Madurai is famous for its spicy foods and chutney ! And there is no explanation needed for this chutney's spiciness and taste,name itself explains its taste : ). I served this chutney for Adai and Karadosai , this chutney goes well with dosa , paniyaram , chapathi , pulka too. The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Tomato – 2 nos ( big). Onion – 1 no ( big). Urad dal – 1/4 tsp. Curry leaves – a sprig. Mustard – 1/8 tsp. Gingelly oil – 1 tsp. Salt – as required. TO SAUTE AND GRIND : Oil – 1 tsp. Dry red chillies – 2 nos. Onion – 1 no ( big). Tamarind – 1” piece – 1 no. NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. PREPARA...

Hi All, Today's recipe is OPOS recipe..Have you ever heared about ONE POT ONE SHOT cooking! If not then its right time to start OPOS cooking.OPOS cooking is nothing but making your cooking easy and delicious. No sauteing , little water usage, no need of big pan , kadai or many vessels and also no need of baby sitting near your cooking pan in kitchen,All these works are done by your 2 litres or 3 litres cooker. If you have 2 or 3 ltrs cooker then your first step in OPOS cooking is successful.All you need is to follow the recipe card perfectly.If you start cooking OPOS method then you will realize how fun and enjoyable this method of cooking is. Mr.Ramakrishnan is the founder of OPOS cooking technique.To know more about him search in Google and you will find more interesting about him and you will know how interesting OPOS cooking too. For One Pot One Shot cooking ,you no need to follow big recipes ,recipes will fit in a single recipe card.You follow the card and layer th...

Hi Everyone, Tomato Tomato Tomato everywhere!! I thought of making Thokku again but this time I want to make something different with little spicy. Once my cousins and their friend came to our home and they brought this thokku from Pollachi which was very good for travelling. The taste was very yummy like tangy , sweet , bright red with spices aroma,I asked her the recipe and she told her mum prepared this and she was not cleat about the recipe,She remembered that her mother add Cinnamon and Cloves powder to the thokku. Thats enough for me to develop rest of the recipe. I tried it next week and it came to be wooowwww , then tomato prices went high so forgot about making thokku at all. Now here in Bangalore I get both Country tomatoes and Bangalore tomatoes for damn cheep prices so again I made this spiced thokku and this time I managed somehow to store it for 3 days (else my family members could have gobbled it in a day!) I thought sharing the recipe with you also as ...