Blanching Tomatoes

Steps

1. Boil the tomatoes nicely in water for 5 mins on high flame.
2. You can notice that the skin starts peeling off. (as shown in the first pic).
3. Remove the tomatoes from the boiling water,strain them and wash them in cold water.
4. Try removing the skin of the tomatoes with your fingers and it peels off so easily :)

Blanching Almonds & Pistachios

This is a very simple and a quick process.You don't have to soak almonds overnight.I have given here the most easiest and quickest way of blanching almonds.

Steps

1. Take water in a pan and add the almonds to be blanched to the water.
2. Boil the water for about 2 mins.
3. Remove the pan from flame and strain the almonds from the hot water.
4. Wash almonds once again with cold water to cool them.
5. With your index and thumb finger,peel the almond skin and it comes off at ease:)

Note: The same above process is used for blanching pistachios as well.After blanching,pistachios are dark parrot green in color.