Quote from: Secret Santa on February 01, 2013, 05:14 PM

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on February 01, 2013, 04:45 PM
Tinned plum tomatoes blended for me every time in the making of a curry.

I use both tomato puree (it's puree gagomes, not sauce, if it's in a tube) and blended tinned tomatoes. You have to be careful with the tomatoes though because some brands are very acidic. I use LIDL plum tomatoes most often as they are cheap and very nice.

what price do you pay SS, never thought of buying them from LIDL

Quote from: RubyDoo on February 01, 2013, 04:51 PM

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on February 01, 2013, 04:45 PM
Tinned plum tomatoes blended for me every time in the making of a curry.

Why?   ;D

Tinned plum tomatoes are not as acidic as tinned chopped tomatoes or puree.

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on February 01, 2013, 05:39 PM

Quote from: Secret Santa on February 01, 2013, 05:14 PM

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on February 01, 2013, 04:45 PM
Tinned plum tomatoes blended for me every time in the making of a curry.

I use both tomato puree (it's puree gagomes, not sauce, if it's in a tube) and blended tinned tomatoes. You have to be careful with the tomatoes though because some brands are very acidic. I use LIDL plum tomatoes most often as they are cheap and very nice.

what price do you pay SS, never thought of buying them from LIDL

I shop at Lidl a lot - 400g tin tomatoes about 34p

For those that use blended plum tomatoes, do you need to dilute it?

Quote from: uclown2002 on February 01, 2013, 06:05 PM
For those that use blended plum tomatoes, do you need to dilute it?

No just pop the whole contents of the tin in a jug and blend.

Quote from: h4ppy-chris on February 01, 2013, 06:19 PM

Quote from: uclown2002 on February 01, 2013, 06:05 PM
For those that use blended plum tomatoes, do you need to dilute it?

No just pop the whole contents of the tin in a jug and blend.

I meant in the curry!

If the recipe calls for 2 tbsp of tomato paste do you just use 2 tbsp of blended plum tomatoes or would you dilute with water to get the 2 tbsps?

"If the recipe calls for 2 tbsp of tomato paste do you just use 2 tbsp of blended plum tomatoes"

Yes.

I have a TFE ( turkish ) store near me. Tinned toms are even cheaper ( and better ) than Lidl up the road. Fresh meat spot on and they also do the vast majority of spices that anyone may need. What more could a ruby builder want?

Quote from: DalPuri on February 01, 2013, 05:18 PM
If the tubes are a struggle Gagomes, try to get a tin of puree.

That's the same as i use, i just get a big tub empty the whole tin into it and add two of the tins of water then add tandoori Powder and mix well.
Keeps in the fridge for weeks.

I must say that if a recipe asks for tomato puree then use tomato puree, i make a Balti recipe which asks for 1 tbsp tomato puree but yesterday didn't have any so used blended tinned tomatoes and the result was not even close to the original recipe that used tomato puree.

Tinned tomatoes v whole tomatoes... You wont notice many green pieces in whole tomatoes however chopped ones do tend to have more.
Its an industry way of sneaking them in.