Tomato Relish

Kathy’s Nana Lamb’s Recipe

Ingredients

  • 12 Large ripe tomatoes
  • 4 Medium onions
  • Handful (woman’s) of salt
  • Malt Vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp Curry Powder
  • 1/2 Tbsp Mustard Powder
  • 5-6 Chillies OR 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 3 Cups Sugar
  • Pinch of Ginger
  • Pinch of Ground Cloves

Method

  1. Cut tomatoes, onions, and add salt. Leave covered for 12 hours.
  2. Pour off liquid. Cover with vinegar.
  3. Prepare bottles – wash in hot water and sterilize in oven at 100 degrees for 30mins.
  4. Boil for 5 mins.
  5. Mix curry, mustard, chillies, ginger cloves with a little vinegar (to make a runny paste) and add to boiled tomatoes with sugar, and boil for 45mins-1hr.
  6. Boil the lids for a couple of minutes, pour relish into bottles, add lids.
    Note: lid suction must be created as the bottles cool, otherwise a seal is not obtained and you should refrigerate. Use relish within a year or two.