Description:

Plum tomatoes are colorful, egg-shaped tomatoes, they are meaty and have few seeds. Because of the low water content, you can use them to make rich and thick tomato sauce without the addition of tomato paste .

They’re low in calories and are good source of several vitamins, minerals and potassium. The health benefits include reduced risk of heart disease and cancer.

In Nigeria, the green Tatashe are prized for use in ‘Designer’ stew or Ayamashe or Ofada Sauce. This is a green stew made from a range of green peppers – scotch bonnets, habaneros, tatashe, pettie belle or bell peppers cooked down with onions, fermented seeds and other seasoning. The meats – a variety of beef, offal and sometimes dried fish lend the name designer stew to this aromatic dish.