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easy homemade Bengali Tomato chutney recipe
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Bengali Tomato Jelly Chutney Recipe

This sweet Bengali tomato chutney is perfect when you have season's fresh tomatoes flooding your local farmer's market. You can quickly turn a big bunch of ripe tomatoes into this delicious tangy yet mildly spicy tomato chutney. This tomato jelly has a very good shelf life so that you can enjoy a spoonful of this for next couple of weeks.
Course Condiments & Sauces
Cuisine Bengali
Keyword Bengali Vegetarian Recipes, Chutney Recipes, Condiments & Sauces, Gluten Free Recipes, Tomato Recipes, Vegan Recipes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author Priyanka

Equipment

  • Stove Top
  • Pressure Cooker
  • Heavy bottom Non-stick Pan

Ingredients

  • 4 Tomatoes Large
  • 1 tbsp Ginger
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • ½ cup Water
  • 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 6-8 Raisins

Instructions

  • Pressure cook the tomatoes with a pinch of salt, cinnamon, water and raisins till they turn soft and mushy.
  • Allow it to cool down completely and then blitz it a smooth liquid
  • Now pour the liquid in a wide mouth pan and allow it to simmer
  • Once it turns half in quantity, add sugar and give it a stir. Adjust sugar as per taste. Once you see it sticking to the edges and bubbling, turn the heat off.
  • Add the grated ginger, lemon juice and a pinch of paprika powder or mild chilli powder. Mix and allow it cool down completely before bottling and storage.