Tomatoes

 

Today I am grateful for a bunch of tomatoes from the pot gardening on my balcony. My daughter has 53 tomatoes plants in a variety of pots and the produce is now ready to enjoy. Daily we have 5 to 10 tomatoes from our balcony. I appreciate and recognize the untiring efforts of my daughter for taking care of tomatoes plants since May 2021. I am blessed with the tomatoes from the balcony that are organic, fresh and juicy. I am thankful and acknowledge its significance for a variety of reasons, for instance:

• Tomatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C, Potassium,  folate, lycopene and vitamin K. Tomatoes are remarkably beneficial for the health

• Tomatoes appear in a variety of dimensions, colours and tastes such as cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, vine tomatoes and tomatoes appears in yellow, green, red, orange and purple colour

• Tomatoes are used in a variety of compositions and modes such as salad, tomato soup, curries, pastes, diced and chopped. Tomatoes are varied in taste, for example, sweet, tangy, savoury and a bit of salty, however, a strong punch of flavour to the taste buds

• There are a variety of cuisines that's incomplete without tomatoes such as Sindhi biryani, Bombay biryani, chicken/mutton/beef karahi, mutton stew, a variety of Chinese cuisines, tomato soup, Hyderabadi tomato curry, mint and tomato chutney, potato tehari, a variety of vegetables are tasteless without tomatoes

• Nowadays, tomatoes are commercially available in cans in the form of paste, dice, roasted, steam and juice. People buy and use according to their convenience and need

• Tomatoes are mostly utilized in the form of tomato ketchup around the globe and are the utmost favourite and picked sauce regardless of age, gender, socioeconomic status and region in the world

• I witnessed and discover tomato-shaped earrings, rings, necklaces for teenagers, t-shirt/purses/sandals/slippers/bangles with the tomato logo on

• Tomato paste is really good for the skin to tighten the pores, remove sun tan and affect skin complexion

• Sometimes tomatoes are very expensive, even the middle class can not afford them, in preparing meals, people use tamarind paste or yogurt instead of tomatoes

• There is a tomato festival in Itlay every year, you may find details while googling the concept. This is my incredible journey with the tomatoes

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