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    How to Make Tomato Puree & Tomato Paste at Home

    September 16, 2015 By Aarthi 2 Comments

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    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..
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    Preparation Time : 15 mins
    Cooking Time : 1 hour
    Makes : 5 cups of puree, 2 cups of paste
    Ingredients:
    Tomatoes - 2 kg
    Salt - ¼ cup
    Vinegar - ¼ cup
    Method:
    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.
    2) 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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    Take your tomatoes

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    make a criss cross on it

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    like this

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    bring lots of water to a good boil

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    drop tomatoes in, blanch for just 45 sec

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    look the skin starts to peel off

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    immerse it in cold water

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    peel off the skin

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    all done

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    chop the tomatoes roughly

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    take it in a blender

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    puree it smoothly

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    now pour this through a sieve

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    this step is optional, if you want silky smooth puree, you can do this

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    push it through the strainer

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    press and extract as much as possible

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    all done

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    pour the juice in a sauce pan

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    boil it

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    cook till it thickens

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    now the puree is almost done

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    add in vinegar

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    add in salt

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    mix well

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    cool it and store it in a clean bottle in fridge for a week

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    if you want to store for many months..You can freeze it in individual icecube tray

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    fill it and freeze

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    once it is frozen you can collect them in a container and freeze..

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    now if you keep on boiling it, it will thicken and you will get tomato paste

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    keep cooking, and evaporate the water

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    now it is almost done

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    now it is done..it is almost like a jam

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    cool it and store it in a air tight container in fridge for upto a month or more
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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    1. Unknown

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      good job. whoever is helping you in making the visuals and publishing is doing a good job too.

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    2. Priya

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      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

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