Tomato Relish

Name: Tomato Relish
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 15 ml sunflower oil; 15 ml yellow mustard seeds; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 15 ml each ground coriander, turmeric; 6 dried curry leaves; 1 onion, sliced; 250 ml white vinegar; 2 x 400 g whole tomatoes, drained; 250 ml brown sugar; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Braai the Beloved Country

By Jean Nel

Published 2014

About

I call this my Bo-Kaap relish and it has a flavour that is pure Cape Town for me.

Ingredients

15 ml sunflower oil
15 ml yellow mustard seeds
6 dr

Africa
South Africa
Cape Town
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Heat the mustard seeds until they pop. Add the onion and garlic and quickly fry. Don’t burn! Add the remaining ingredients and reduce until it forms a thick, sweetand-sour and jammy relish. Season.