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Spicy Tomato Jam

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Ingredients
  

  • 7 cups tomato pulp
  • 2 cups sugar granulated (or more if needed)
  • 1 apple , cored and grated (not peeled)
  • 2 tsps ginger/ ginger minced paste
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1/2 tsp cloves powdered
  • 1 1/2 tsps cumin powder

Instructions
 

  • Put the tomato pulp, grated apple, ginger, sugar, chilli flakes and salt into a large and deep heavy walled pot. Mix well and turn up the heat. Bring the mixture to a boil and allow to cook for about 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
  • Add the powdered cloves and turn down the heat to medium and keep cooking till the jam has thickened enough to pass the u201cplateu201d test. Add the cumin powder and cook for another minute.
  • Take the jam off the heat and ladle into hot sterilized jars. Cover the jars with lids to make them airtight.
  • I got enough jam to fill two 500 gm jam jars.
  • This jam is just slightly sweet, and not overly spicy. The spices and the chilli flakes just lend it a pleasant warmth.
  • Serve with crackers, toast or with chappathis, parathas, dosas or as you prefer.