Tomato Ketchup

Ingredients

• Tomatoes -chopped roughly 1kg
• Garlic chopped 2 tsp
• Sugar 2 tbsp
• Salt 2 tsp or to taste
• Garam  masala 1 tsp
• Chilli  powder 1 tsp
• Vinegar 2 tbsp
• Sodium benzoate-mixed with water ¼ tsp
• boiled water

Preparation

• Cook the tomatoes and garlic together till soft.

• Strain through a soup strainer, or blend in a blend and then pass through a sieve.

• Put it back over high heat, add sugar, salt, garam masala, chilli powder and vinegar and cook till thick. The mixture begins to spurt only in the center, when ready.

• Take off the heat, add the sodium benzoate (a preservative) solution and store in airtight sterilised jars.