Tomato Puree - Tomato Paste Recipe (2024)

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    How to Make Tomato Puree with step by step picture. This Tomato Puree - Tomato Paste Recipe is made with Tomatoes.

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    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

    1. Take tomatoes and make a criss cross pattern on it.
    2. 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.
    3. Now chop it roughly and puree it.
    4. Pass it through a sieve.
    5. Pour it in a sauce pan and boil it and reduce till it reaches the right consistency. Add salt vinegar.
    6. 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.
    7. For tomato paste, reduce the tomato puree further till it gets thick jam like texture.
    8. Cool it and store it in a air tight container in fridge.

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    Tomato Puree Recipe - Tomato Paste Recipe

    How to Make Tomato Puree with step by step picture.This is made with Tomatoes and Vinegar

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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

    Cook Time: 1 hour hour

    Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

    Servings: 5 cup

    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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    Tomato Puree Recipe - Tomato Paste Recipe step by step picture

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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

    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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    About Aarthi

    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

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

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    2. 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

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