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Submitted by mummamills
"This is the best selling, fabulous tasting, world famous Tomato Relish as made by the "Boonooroo Brown Paper-bag Ladies"This is REALLY like granma used to make.If I buy "cooking tomatoes" and they are very pale, I add a small tub of tomato paste. You can add garlic, or herbs to this recipe, but I dont find it needs it.I always double this recipe, cause I am constantly being asked for it :)I use good quality brown vinegar, but the my fellow Bag Ladies use the generic stuff."
photo by Mel Klemm 
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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6 jars
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ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 kg ripe tomatoes (peeled and chopped)
- 500 g brown onions (peeled and chopped)
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 teaspoons curry powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 2 cups malt vinegar
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directions
- skin tomatoes, cut in cubes, place in bowl.
- Peel onions, chop finely, place in separate bowl. Sprinkle each with one tablespoon salt and leave overnight.
- Next day place tomatoes , and the onions together in a saucepan.and their liquid.
- Add sugar, stir over low heat until sugar has dissolved, increase heat, bring to boil, boil, 5 minutes
- Combine curry, chilli and mustard, mix to smooth paste with a little vinegar, add remaining vinegar, add to saucepan and stir to combine thoroughly. Bring to boil and boil uncovered for 50 to 60 minutes, or until thick.
- If necessary, (and it probably is ) thicken with 3 tablespoons of cornflour mixed with a little vinegar.
- Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal.
Questions & Replies
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What's the storage life for this relish?????
tjtch77
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How long will this keep? in refrigerator or cupboard? Thanks
janine.mau
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Omg I am halfway through making this snd just realised I accidentally did tablespoons instead of teaspoons for the curry powder. Is there anything I can do to save it?!??
rosieshaw
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Hi, I’ve just begun by salting. Do I refrigerate the salted onions and tomatoes? Do I mix the salt through?
Spero C.
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What size jars does this fill? I'm using 120ml jars and want to work out how many batches I'll need :) Doing Chrissy homemade style!
Melanie L.
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Reviews
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A nice tomato relish that is very easy to make. Sweet and tangy all at the same time making it a nice side. Made as written cutting down to 2 jars. Read your note about adding tomato paste and wished I had some to add. Thanks for the post. Updating my review from a four star to a five star because DH liked so well he asked to take as part of his lunch. Will make again and add tomato paste. Thanks again.
Debbwl
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Very easy to make! I didn't have any malt vinegar, so I used cider vinegar. I also used vidalia onions to make this. I don't like tomatoes, but I like this. It has a very nice sweet flavor.
Amber2925
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Can't believe no one has rated this, it is so good, not just because your my Mum.
mummasgirl
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Fabulous! Really easy to make, especially as I only roughly chopped the tomatoes and then mashed them down during cooking (the children like it mushier). As I usually do with foods like this, for my second batch I made some adaptations to make it my own. I threw in about 100g finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes (really dried, not in oil); substituted soft light brown sugar for about half the sugar quantity; used 50% red wine vinegar; added another generous teaspoon of chilli powder and thickened it with tomato powder instead of cornflour. The result was a relish with a deeper red colour and a more adult depth of flavour and kick. Also fabulous, if I do say so myself!
Elyss
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Just made this 3 days ago, the kids loved it, husband loved it,Now i am making it again, almost out , they really did love it :)<br/>i didn't add thickener, i just reduced it until it was the thickness I wanted it<br/>I added a extra 1/4 tsp of chilli,it really was perfect<br/>Thankyou
Vanessa Atkins
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Tweaks
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Don't worry about use-by dates, this is so delicious it doesn't last long! I use raw sugar, half the salt and sugar, a mixture of brown and spanish onions (adds colour), apple cider vinegar, and often add home grown heirloom tomatoes (green/deep red when ripe). I also mix the tomatoes and onions into one bowl before salting overnight, doesn't seem to make a difference to the taste.
Bob T.
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Reduced sugar by half
jayrbyrne
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Fabulous! Really easy to make, especially as I only roughly chopped the tomatoes and then mashed them down during cooking (the children like it mushier). As I usually do with foods like this, for my second batch I made some adaptations to make it my own. I threw in about 100g finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes (really dried, not in oil); substituted soft light brown sugar for about half the sugar quantity; used 50% red wine vinegar; added another generous teaspoon of chilli powder and thickened it with tomato powder instead of cornflour. The result was a relish with a deeper red colour and a more adult depth of flavour and kick. Also fabulous, if I do say so myself!
Elyss
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Well just like to say this is an excellent recipe for relish...delicious with a bit of spice & tang...didn't have malt vinegar so used white vinegar instead...will try the malt next time...thanks so much to you & the other ladies for this recipe.
Aussie Lyn
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
mummamills
Australia
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