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How To make Sun Dried Tomatoes

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While cutting the cherry tomatoes into halves for sun drying, I was again taken back to the wonderful days when we were young. One of the many beautiful memories which keep on giving a sneak peek brought a smile on my face only to create another one for future. We had a huge open space in front of the house. With a beautiful manicured lawn in the center and flower beds all around, there was enough space left to grow all sort of veggies and it was very well utilized to grow different varieties of gourds, brinjal, lady's fingers, various greens and tomatoes. During the season when tomatoes were harvested in bulk, my mom used to make the most of them by making bottles of ketchup, tomato relish and the remaining were cut into thin slices and dried in the strong summer sun to be used through out the year. These came in really handy when during the peak summers, tomatoes disappeared from the markets and the curries that were made on an everyday basis could not be compromised. These dried...