Retort cooked, shelf stable

Chakalaka

Name: Chakalaka
Brand: Easy Meals

Retort cooked, which is what makes a tin shelf stable without anything added to keep it that way.

Price

On request

Good for

More canned products

The tin that starts the cooking.

Concentrated tomato, nothing else to do to it.

Pieces and stems, which is what you want in a sauce anyway.

Keeping it

A cupboard is right. A sunny windowsill is not.

Light can shift the colour of a powder. Cooking brings it back, but there is no reason to let it happen.

Most of this is hygroscopic, which means it pulls moisture out of the air. Close the bag and it keeps.

A tin is sized for about four people and is meant to be finished.