Homemade Tomato and Basil Ketchup

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I am @selina1
From #Bangladesh}

I am starting by wishing all my Steemit friends good health. Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Allah, I am doing very well. This week, a great engagement challenge has been organized with the Herbal Tomato Ketchup recipe. I will be participating in this engagement challenge today. The theme of this week's engagement challenge is Homemade Tomato and Basil Ketchup. So let's get started.

List all the ingredients used to make Herbal Basil Tomato Ketchup and mention their exact quantity. (2 marks)

Required Ingredients

Name	Quantity
Fresh Tomato	4 to 5 large
basil leaves	8 to 10
Apple cider vinegar	2 tablespoons
Sugar	Half cup
Red chili	To taste
Cloves	Two
Cinnamon	Two small pieces
Black pepper	To taste
Cooking oil	One and a half tablespoons
Salt	As much

Write the complete step-by-step method of making herbal basil tomato ketchup from washing to final cooking. (4 marks)

Preparation method:

• Step 1: First, I will wash the tomatoes and basil leaves thoroughly with clean water so that the dirt is cleaned. Then I will cut the tomatoes and basil leaves into small pieces.

• Second step: Roast the chopped tomatoes in the oven. Then, cool the roasted tomatoes and blend them in a blender with half a cup of water. Now, strain the blended tomato paste using a strainer.

• Step Three: Now I will put a pot on the stove and heat the cooking oil and add cloves and cinnamon. I will add the tomato paste by stirring it lightly.

• Step Four: Now I will mix all the ingredients like apple seed vinegar, sugar, salt, red chili powder, black pepper powder in the tomato paste and mix it well.

• Step Five: I will add the basil leaves that I cut a while before making the tomato ketchup and cover it. When it is done, I will remove it from the stove.

• Final step: Now let the tomato ketchup cool and when it cools down, strain it using a strainer. My herbal basil tomato ketchup is ready.

Present your homemade final ketchup to look attractive and well-prepared. Also use your name tag and date written on a paper. (2 marks)

First of all, this is the first time I have made this recipe and I had a very good experience making this recipe. It was delicious to eat. Since it is made with all the fresh ingredients, its quality is very high. I tried to make the recipe with domestic ingredients. This dish has a different taste, which I liked a lot. I did not face much trouble in making this recipe, I was able to make it effortlessly through the course. However, the presentation is given below to make the ketchup look attractive and well-prepared.

Explain any three herbal health benefits of basil tomato ketchup. (2 marks)

This ketchup is made with natural basil leaves and fresh tomatoes, so this ketchup is beneficial for our body. Basil leaves have anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties and tomatoes have the benefits of lycopene and vitamin C. This homemade ketchup is quite beneficial for our body compared to the ketchup bought from outside. Below are three herbal health benefits of basil tomato ketchup.

• One of the health benefits of basil tomato ketchup is that it reduces the risk of heart disease and cancer. Because it is rich in the powerful antioxidant lycopene.

• Eating this ketchup increases immunity. It also helps prevent illness and infection.

• Another special health benefit of this ketchup is that eating it increases digestion and prevents constipation. This improves intestinal health.

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Thank you all for reading my post

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I would like to invite some of my friends to this contest. They are, @ahsansharif @memamun @ngoenyi @miftahulrizky @suboohi @uzma4882 @afrinn