Health Benefits Of Indian Tomato Sauce

When I look back at my childhood days, I realize that there was no day without the participation of the Indian tomato sauce in our breakfasts. Be it for sandwiches or cutlets, the tomato sauce bottle used to be the permanent accessory on our tables.

Even now, when I am messed in the rush of morning hours, the Indian tomato sauce acts like a savior and gels with every type of breakfast recipe, saving a lot of time!


Let us have a look at some of the health benefits of the tomato sauce, and know why it is the permanent companion of easy and healthy breakfast recipes, since ages!

• Vitamin C: It is a well-known fact that tomatoes contain Vitamin C and that Vitamin C is one of the most important requirements of the body. It metabolizes extra fats of the body, speeds the wound healing up and keeps our teeth and gums healthy. Why run for other Vitamin rich dishes when we can have it all in our tomato sauce!

• Antioxidant: The tomatoes have a powerful antioxidant called lycopene which prevents the cell damaging caused by the free radicals from the food we eat and the water we drink. Cell damaging increases the aging process, and if you want to keep your cells undamaged and look young throughout, tomato sauce would give you a tasty way of doing it!

• Low on fats: Compared to other cream based sauces available in the market, the tomato sauce is low on fat and carbohydrate content, hence it doesn’t add much of calories into your body. The nutritional value of this delicious treat makes it a preferred choice among sauces.

And with no doubts about its deliciousness, tomato sauce does wonders in enhancing the flavor of pizzas and burgers and what not!

How to Make Pizza At Home

Home delivery is quite common these days. This option is available in a number of restaurants, bars and other fast food outlets, but let’s strict our discussion to the fast food industry.

Food services in India are more than blessings. How much we enjoy the surprised faces of our beloved ones when they see their birthday cakes delivered! And how much we love those pizza guys smiling at us when we open the doors for them!

Talking about pizza, I believe it’s not just the home delivery pizzas that fill us with delight. Homemade pizzas are fun too, and here we’re not talking about one of those easy and healthy breakfast recipes, which are quite easy to make. So making a pizza is going to take time, but it is going to be worth it. Check this out.

1.First of all, preheat the oven to over 200 degree Celsius. The oven should be blazing hot before you start. Don’t use your hand to test the temperature.

2.Get the crust from store. Remove the unbaked crust from the packet and spread olive oil all over it.

3.We are Indians and we love tomato sauce! Spread the tomato sauce mixed with spices on the crust. You can alter the spices according to your taste.

4.Time for toppings- Put your favorite toppings like onions, chicken pieces, spinach leaves and other peppers and load them as much as you want.

5.Sprinkle cheese all over the toppings. The rule remains same- thin layer of cheese for light pizza and thick layer for heavy pizza.

6.Remember the hot shot oven we talked about in the beginning? Place the pizza in the oven for about 20 minutes, and then allow it to cool.

If you succeeded in making a delicious pizza through this recipe, enjoy it with the people around. If you didn’t, well that pizza guy is just a phone call away!

Some Interesting Uses Of Ketchup

Who doesn’t like tomato ketchup? It goes with anything and everything. But when I tell you about some of the interesting methods in which we can put ketchup to use, you are surely going to be surprised and thrilled at the same time. So read on to know more:

1. Tomato ketchup as a cleaning agent

Surprised to learn this property about the very thing that makes our fingers sticky? Well, it’s true. Due to the presence of acetic acid content in ketchup, it acts as a great cleansing agent for brass, copper, and silver. So the next time you find rings or bangles dirty, you know what to use. And do no forget to say thanks to the ketchup suppliers in India.

2. Make perfect pancakes

Do you hate making unevenly shaped and textured pancakes? Me too! And that is why you are so going to love this trick. Pour the pancake mixture into an empty and clean squeeze ketchup bottle. And using the nozzle, get ready to make those stellar pancakes you dream of.

3. Making homemade red paint

Most people do not know how unbelievably simple it is to make red paint from Indian tomato sauce at home. Take the same amount of flour, salt, and water and mix them together in a bowl until the mixture becomes smooth. When done, just add food colouring to the mixture and - voilà! - homemade paint is ready.

4. Use frozen ketchup packets to soothe minor abrasions

Frozen packets of ketchup do the work of gel ice packs by numbing the stinging sensation of minor abrasions. The fact that they are easily accessible and cheaper makes them feasible as well.

5. Makes food tastier

The most obvious point in the end! Being a ketchup lover, I use ketchup with every food item that I consume. From noodles to rice, pancakes to parathas, sandwiches to momos, and of course pizzas to burgers- ketchup makes everything taste so much better.