Tomato Jam

Ingredients: Tomatoes(ripe): 2 kgs, Sugar (approximately half the quantity of tomato puree) : 500 gm, Lime juice: 1 lime.

Method: Wash the tomatoes, clean and cut them into big pieces. Cook them in a thick bottomed vessel without putting any water. Keep on medium heat. Remove from fire when it is properly cooked and let it cool. Put the cooked tomatoes through a liquidizer, to make puree. Strain the puree and put in in a thick bottomed vessel. Mix sugar, which should be half the measure of the tomato puree (for 1 cup puree add 1/2 cup sugar) and keep on low heat, stirring from time to time. When it becomes a little thick add the juice of 1 lime as this gives shine. Let the mixture cook till thick.

To test: whether it is ready, take 1 cup of water and put a little of the mixture in it. If it does not dissolve in the water, the jam is ready.