Bottling of tomato juice

We get tomatoes throughout the year. you can always make fresh juice, sometimes we need it ready in bottles to be served directly.

Bottling of tomato juice

For 1 litre juice

10 tomato
4 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoon salt
1 drop red colour (optional)

Wash and cut the tomatoes in 3-4 pieces.
Boil them without water for 2 minutes or microwave for 2 minutes.
Run in mixer and strain juice.
Add sugar and salt ,put it on gas and give it one boil.
Fill in dry and clean bottle up to the brim and seal the mouth.
For storage these glass bottles are kept upright in boiling water for 20 minutes.

For this take a big cooker ,a colth at the bottom,keep juice bottles over,fill it half with boiling  water.Let it boil for 20 minutes.
Juice is now ready for storage.Keep them cool and dry place ,use whenever you like.
Once opened it should be finished.