The timing was perfect. I saw some organic tomato on sale under a buck right in time when we just finished our organic bottle of ketchup. Who doesn’t love ketchup? Dipping French fries, slathering on burgers and hot dogs, with breakfast eggs. The sweet, tangy, red tomato sauce is a staple condiment in many homes. Sadly, the leading brand tomato ketchup sold in the US supermarket lists both corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup as its ingredients. Same goes for most other brands. The organic ketchup made without HFCS is only available at a handful number of stores with a hefty price tag.
Making ketchup at home is extremely easy. I saw my mom made it many times when we were in Bangladesh. This artisan ketchup recipe is what my mom used to follow. No canned tomato paste, no high fructose corn syrup here. Made from the freshest tomatoes only. I wish I could say the tomatoes were freshly picked from my garden, but they were not. The store bought fresh organic tomatoes was just fine. Easy steps with ingredients you already have in the pantry, so there is no reason to save some buck and make a batch of sweet, tart, flavorful tomato ketchup at home.
Keeping a jar of fresh ketchup is a basis for many sauces and dressings. R loves it with her pasta for lunch, with baked samosa for snack and the quinoa burgers I make sometimes for dinner. Since tomatoes are part of the EWG’s dirty dozen list, it is extremely important for me to only buy, specially feed R, organic tomatoes. With a jar of organic ketchup at hand I can rest easy. No more worrying about pesticides, BPA and high fructose corn syrup.
Depending on how sweet your tomato is, you may need to adjust the sugar, salt, and chili quantity. My homemade ketchup has the same ketchupiness that we all love. Smooth, sweet, tart, vinegary, not so tomatoey. Have you ever made ketchup from scratch?
- 6 lbs tomato
- ½ cup onion, chopped
- 4-6 dry red chilies
- 8-10 cloves
- 4 pieces of cinnamon, about 1” each
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup vinegar
- Wash and cut the tomatoes in half.
- Cook tomato, onion, chilies, clove and cinnamon in low heat. Stir time to time to prevent burning. Sprinkle some water if needed to prevent burning.
- Turn off stove when tomatoes are soft and tender.
- When tomato is cold enough to handle, peel the tomato skin off of the flesh. Mash/puree the tomato and strain through a strainer. Discard the seeds.
- Add sugar, salt and vinegar to the puree and cook till ketchup thickens.
- Store in airtight glass jars.
The ketchup can be stored in refrigerator for 4+ months.
If your jar lid is metallic, the ketchup may turn blackish.
I prefer to use brown sugar for ketchup. You can substitute brown sugar with regular sugar if you want.
রেসিপি: টমেটো সস
উপকরণ:
৬ পাউন্ড টমেটো
১/২ কাপ পেঁয়াজ, স্লাইস
৪-৬ টি শুকনা মরিচ
৮-১০ টি লবঙ্গ
৪ টুকরা দারুচিনি, প্রতিটি প্রায় ১”
১/২ কাপ ব্রাঊন চিনি
৩ চা চামচ লবণ
২/৩ কাপ ভিনেগার
প্রস্তত প্রনালী:
১. টমেটো ধুয়ে অর্ধেক করে কেটে নিন।
২. অল্প আঁচে টমেটো, পেঁয়াজ, মরিচ, লবঙ্গ চুলায় দিন। মাঝে মাঝে নেড়ে দিন ও পানির ছিটা দিন যেন হাঁড়িতে লেগে না যায়।
৩. টমেটো নরম হলে চুলা বন্ধ করুন.
৪. টমেটো একটু ঠাণ্ডা হলে টমেটোর পাতলা আবরণটি তুলে ফেলে দিন। এবার টমেটো ভালভাবে ঘুটে নিন এবং একটি বাঁশ বা এলুমিনিয়াম ছাঁকনিতে চেলে নিয়ে বীচি ফেলে দিন।
৫. ছাঁকা টমেটোর সাথে চিনি, লবণ এবং ভিনেগার মিশিয়ে চুলায় দিন। ঘন হলে নামিয়ে নিন।
৬. বায়ুরোধী কাচের বয়ামে ৪-৬ মাস ফ্রিজে রাখতে পারেন।
প্রয়োজনিও কিছু টিপস্ এর জন্যে দয়াকরে আটির্কেল অথবা ইংরেজি রেসিপির নোট সেকশনটা একটু দেখে নেবেন।
I’m too lazy to make homemade ketchup, maybe over the summer with a little bit more time in the kitchen and less in front of the computer. But what did catch my eye was your mention of quinoa burgers, please do share a recipe for that!
Beautiful recipe. I like that you used brown sugar. Much better than any store bought ketchup!
I had no idea ketchup was so easy – yours looks wonderful
Is ketchup preparation tis easy..
What a cool combination. Cinnamon!? count me in.
That looks delicious! I’ve never tried making ketchup, but I may have to now! 🙂
your pictures are gorgeous. Tried DIY ketchup once and didn’t like. Your recipe looks much better! Looks like time to try again 🙂
Sounds absolutely delicious! 😀
my goodess that looks delicious,
Wow! that sauce looks AMAZING!
Homemade ketchup’s are the best! Quality control of great ingredients 🙂
Wow Lail…homemade ketchup…I love this recipe and I sure appreciate that you have in this ketchup a touch of spice…
Enjoy the rest of your week 😀
Just love the first image, it’s beautiful
I have been looking for a ketchup recipe and I love the fact that you use fresh tomatoes! Hopefully I will have a bumper crop soon so I can make this.
Thank you so much for sharing this delicious Artisan Ketchup recipe with Foodie Friends Friday this week. I’ve pinned/shared.
A FFF co-host,
Joanne/WineLady Cooks
Too much easy. Can i mix garlic with it?
Definitely you can. I’m a garlic lover. Thanks for stopping by. If you do try it, I’d love to see photos. You can tag #WithASpin on Fb, Ig or twitter. Thanks much!
Thanks for sharing the secret recipe with us. The tomato ketchup recipe looks thick and flavorful with those lovely ingredients. It sounds wonderful. It would be helpful for everybody, who would like to cook tomato ketchup recipe. As usual, the pictures look stunning.
Thanks a lot Anders! I love simple recipes so much
How long does this last? Can it be made ahead?
I made this tonight for burgers and fries. it doesn’t really taste like store bought ketchup, but it is really good! Much stronger flavor, and the tomato really shines through. I liked it a lot, especially how quick it was to make.nice sharing. thanks for the recipe. good one.
Very glad to hear you tried and loved the ketchup recipe. Majority of my recipes are quick and easy so they can be made with little time. Thank you for trying the Homemade artisan ketchup recipe.
This is a brilliant recipe – I am definitely going to try it.
I love this homemade recipe because it has so much less salt than store bought ketchup!
This recipe is so creative! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for trying the Artisan Ketchup recipe. I’m so happy to hear that you loved it.