02 Apr 2013
How to Make Banana Catsup
Ingredients:
- 1 kilo cavendish (saba) bananas
- 1 head onion
- 1 pc red bell pepper
- 1 head garlic
- 3-3/4 liter water
- 20 pcs chili pepper
- 500 mL vinegar
- 1 kilo brown sugar
- 100 grams rock salt
- 1/8 tsp cloves (fine clavo de comer)
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp catsup red # 600
- 1/8 tsp strawberry red
- 1/8 tsp chocolate brown
- 5 grams sodium benzoate
Utensils:
- casserole
- strainer
- bowls
- chopping board (plastic)
- stainless steel knives
- measuring spoons
- weighing scales
- thermometer
- ladle
- osterizer/food processor
- funnel
- colander
Packaging Material:
- sterilized bottles/jars
Procedure:
- Wash rare ripe bananas (80% yellow and 20% green).
- Boil bananas for 10 minutes. Drain water.
- Peel, slice bananas into 3 cm thickness.
- Slice onions, bell pepper and garlic then add 3 and 1/4 liter of water. Add in sliced bananas. Grind using osterizer/blender for 1 minute.
- Add 1/2 liter of water in chili pepper. Grind using osterizer/blender. Strain and mix the extract in banana mixture.
- Add vinegar, sugar, salt and spices. Cook at 80° to 85°C for 40 minutes or until thick.
- Add other ingredients previously dissolved in small amount of water such as catsup red, chocolate brown, strawberry red and sodium benzoate.
- Pour in sterilized bottles while hot and seal thoroughly.
- Label and store.
source: mis.dost.gov.ph
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