Tomato Paste Recipe

Ingredients for Tomato Paste Recipe

• 5 Kg meaty oval tomatoes
• 1 Kg capia pepper< /li>
• 1 Glass of water
• 2 Tablespoons of rock salt

How to Make Tomato Paste Recipe?

1. Wash the tomatoes one by one.
2. Cut them into quarters and put them in the pot.
3. Remove the seeds and stems of the peppers, cut them into several pieces and add them to the pot do it. Add the water and let it boil.
4. At first, I added water so that the tomatoes would not hold the bottom until the juice came out.
5. After the tomatoes start to boil, turn the heat down a little, let it cook, then pour it into the strainer and let the water drain.
6. Crush the drained tomatoes in a food processor.
7. You can use the filtered tomato juice in your meals.
8. Put your tomatoes back to the boil. At this stage, it splashes around a lot, be careful, it burns a lot.
9. I didn’t boil it much. After boiling for five or ten minutes, I poured it into the tray.
10. I put a cheesecloth on it and let the excess water drain in the sun.
11. It came to the consistency I wanted in 3-4 days. I put them in jars and put them away.
12. If you don’t have the chance to dry them in the sun, you need to cook them on a slow fire, stirring occasionally, until you get the consistency you want.
    Enjoy it.

• Using capia pepper when making your tomato paste depends on your preference. If you don’t want to, you can make your tomato paste without using capia pepper.
• When making your paste, you should take care to mix it using a wooden spoon. The metal spoon you use can dilute your tomato paste.
• It would be better to use thick salt, known as rock salt, when making your paste.
• If you are not going to keep your paste in the sun, you should draw the water and cook it on low heat until it thickens. However, you should not leave your tomato paste while doing this.
• You can drizzle a little olive oil on the tomato paste you put in the jar. Olive oil will prevent your tomato paste from getting moldy.

• Your homemade tomato paste is already very tasty and healthy compared to the ones sold in the package. If you still want to add flavor to its taste, you can add fresh thyme, mint and garlic to some of it and put it as a sauce on your meals.
• Or you can add color to your breakfast table with a delicious muhammara prepared with homemade tomato paste.

• Topping 1 tablespoon of tomato paste is equivalent to approximately 15 calories.