How to Make Tomato Puree with step by step picture. This Tomato Puree - Tomato Paste Recipe is made with Tomatoes.
Tomato Puree
Tomato puree forms a basic for many gravies and curries. Normally i just puree tomatoes in a blender and use them. But few of my viewers asked to share homemade tomato puree which just like storebought ones. So i decided to make it and this tomato puree made the dishes so tasty.
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I also reduced some of the tomato puree till it is paste like to show you how to make tomato paste at home. This is tomato season so make a huge batch of this and let me know how it turns out for you.
Ingredients for Tomato Puree
- Tomatoes - 2 kg
- Salt - ¼ cup
- Vinegar - ¼ cup
How to make Tomato Puree
- Take tomatoes and make a criss cross pattern on it.
- Boil lots of water, drop tomatoes in and blanch it for 45 sec to 1 min. Drain it and immerse it in cold water. Now the skin will just peel off.
- Now chop it roughly and puree it.
- Pass it through a sieve.
- Pour it in a sauce pan and boil it and reduce till it reaches the right consistency. Add salt vinegar.
- You can store this in a air tight container in fridge for upto a week or freeze it in individual icecube tray. Once frozen collect them in a ziploc bag or a freezer container.
- For tomato paste, reduce the tomato puree further till it gets thick jam like texture.
- Cool it and store it in a air tight container in fridge.
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Tomato Puree Recipe - Tomato Paste Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 kg Tomatoes
- ¼ cup Salt
- ¼ cup Vinegar
Instructions
- Take tomatoes and make a criss cross pattern on it.
- Boil lots of water, drop tomatoes in and blanch it for 45 sec to 1 min. Drain it and immerse it in cold water. Now the skin will just peel off.
- Now chop it roughly and puree it.
- Pass it through a sieve.
- Pour it in a sauce pan and boil it and reduce till it reaches the right consistency. Add salt vinegar.
- You can store this in a air tight container in fridge for upto a week or freeze it in individual icecube tray. Once frozen collect them in a ziploc bag or a freezer container.
- For tomato paste, reduce the tomato puree further till it gets thick jam like texture. Cool it and store it in a air tight container in fridge.
- Notes:
- 1)You can store this in a air tight container in fridge for upto a week.
- For storing it for many months. Freeze it in individual icecube tray. Once frozen collect them in a ziploc bag or a freezer container. This can be store in freezer for more than a year.
- 3)The tomato paste keeps well in fridge for more than a month. Make sure you evaporate all the water from the tomato puree and it should be very thick and paste like.
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Tips & Tricks
- You can store this in an air tight container in fridge for upto a week.
- For storing it for many months. Freeze it in individual ice cube tray. Once frozen collect them in a ziploc bag or a freezer container. This can be store in freezer for more than a year.
- The tomato paste keeps well in fridge for more than a month. Make sure you evaporate all the water from the tomato puree and it should be very thick and paste like.
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good job. whoever is helping you in making the visuals and publishing is doing a good job too.
Priya
Hi aarthy pls tell me what kind of spatula we should buy. I mean the material. For cooking as well as non cooking version. The one which you are using looks pretty good. Do reply pls