Homemade Tomato Juice Recipe

Homemade Tomato Juice Recipe is a delicious and versatile drink made from fresh tomatoes and spices of your choice. It can served as a plain drink, as a base for soup, or in cocktails like Bloody Mary, Caesar, or Michelada.

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Homemade Tomato Juice Recipe

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Homemade Tomato Juice is a delicious and versatile drink made from fresh tomatoes and spices of your choice. It can served as a plain drink, as a base for soup, or in cocktails like Bloody Mary, Caesar, or Michelada.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings 4 cups

Calories 83 kcal

Equipment

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  Blender

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 3 pounds Tomatoes ripe, cored, and chopped, approx 1 ½ kg
• ▢ ½ cup Celery chopped, optional
• ▢ Salt to taste
• ▢ Pepper powder to taste

To flavor the juice

• ▢ 1 tablespoon Sugar to taste
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Cumin powder to taste
• ▢ 2 Green chilies slit
• ▢ 1 inch Ginger minced
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Lemon zest
• ▢ Lemon juice of ½ of lemon
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Cilantro basil, parsley chopped

Other optional ingredients that you can add

• ▢ Onion powder
• ▢ Cayenne or Red chile powder
• ▢ Celery salt

For virgin bloody mary

• ▢ 2 to 4 dash of hot sauce like Tabasco sauce
• ▢ dash of Worcestershire sauce
• ▢ ice cubes celery, or pickles for serving

Instructions

 

How to make tomato juice in a blender?

• Add the tomatoes and celery to a large pot. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered for 20 minutes or until the mixture becomes soupy. Let this cool completely.
  3 pounds Tomatoes, ½ cup Celery
• Transfer this to a blender and blend it to a smooth paste. Add this to a pot.
• Add water to get the desired juice consistency, along with salt, pepper, sugar, cumin powder, green chilies, ginger, lemon zest, lemon juice, and cilantro, and mix well. Taste check and adjust spices if needed.
  Salt, Pepper powder, 1 tablespoon Sugar, ½ teaspoon Cumin powder, 2 Green chilies, 1 inch Ginger, 1 teaspoon Lemon zest, Lemon juice of ½ of lemon, 1 tablespoon Cilantro
• Refrigerate for atleast one hour so that the flavors are combined.
• Serve with ice cubes and enjoy.

Notes

• Add the spices that you like.
• Based on the sweetness of the Tomato, you can adjust the sugar.
• The juice may thicken when you refrigerate. So, adjust the consistency by adding water.
• To make virgin bloody mary, simply add a dash of hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce to the tomato juice.

Nutrition

Calories: 83kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 103mgPotassium: 853mgFiber: 5gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 2901IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 1mg

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Fresh tomato juice - refreshing summer drink

Homemade tomato juice recipe is easy to make, tastier than the store-bought one, and cheaper.

I love V8 tomato juice, but let me tell you, this homemade version tastes even better, you know the ingredients that go in. My little one loves drinking this. I like to have it chilled with ice cubes. You can add your favorite vodka, beer, rum, tequila, etc. Let us know your favorite way of drinking this tomato juice.

Also, check out summer special spiced buttermilk, homemade grape juice, and iced coffee.

Ingredients

Tomatoes: Fresh ripe tomatoes. You can even use tomato paste.

For flavoring the tomato juice: The options are endless. From basic salt and pepper, feel free to add chilies, cayenne, celery salt, onion powder, garlic powder, cumin powder, ginger, lemon juice, and zest, and herbs like cilantro, parsley, mint, or basil. Adjust to taste.

Check out the recipe card for the full list of the ingredients.

How to make tomato juice in a blender?

• Add the tomatoes and celery to a large pot. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered for 20 minutes or until the mixture becomes soupy. Let this cool completely.
• Transfer this to a blender and blend it to a smooth paste. Add this to a pot.
• Add water to get the desired juice consistency, along with salt, pepper, sugar, cumin powder, green chilies, ginger, lemon zest, lemon juice, and cilantro, and mix well. Taste check and adjust spices if needed.
• Refrigerate for atleast one hour so that the flavors are combined.
• Serve with ice cubes and enjoy.

Tips

• Add the spices that you like.
• Based on the sweetness of the Tomato, you can adjust the sugar.
• The juice may thicken when you refrigerate. So, adjust the consistency by adding water.
• To make virgin bloody mary, simply add a dash of hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce to the tomato juice.

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Note: We originally posted this homemade tomato juice recipe in March 2016. It has now been modified in March 2024 with Expert Chef Tips, FAQs, Storage Instructions, etc.