Refreshing Tomato Salsa Dip Made Easier

I love Mexican food.
The familiar fresh ingredients and spices somewhat make me feel home.
One of my favorites is fresh tomato salsa paired with my comfort foods;
nachos, tacos, corn chips, tortilla chips, and quesadillas.

@dangerousangel and I used to unwind in a Mexican restaurant near our former office in Makati City called El Chupacabra
We used to order the above-mentioned food with chilled spicy tomato salsa dip and ice-cold beer. clink clink clink
I'm telling you it's so good. hhhhmmmm

From time to time I recreate that special comfort food of mine.
So here's the simple recipe for this
Refreshing Tomato Salsa Dip

5 Large Ripe Fresh Tomatoes
1 Clove Garlic
1 Large White or Red Onion
Half Medium-sized Red Bell pepper
Juice of half a lemon
Red hot Chili pepper (as much or as little as you want)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 tsp white sugar (optional)
Parsley/Coriander leaves

Here's what to do

Cut a shallow crisscross at the bottom of the tomatoes after washing them thoroughly.
Blanching method is a good way to easily peel and reduce the acidity of the tomatoes.
But this time I steamed them for about 3mins and achieved the same results.
Peel off the skin.
Deseed using your thumb.
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Slightly roast the bell pepper to get that smoked flavor.
Roughly chop the ingredient to get them ready for blending.
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Pulse for 4-5 times until you get that chunky consistency but be careful not to puree` the mixture.

Here you go..

Don't worry about the pale orange color. It will improve once those tiny bubbles from all the blending actions are all gone. If it doesn't turn into red ..no worries, we're not making tomato paste anyway :)

Now cover it to rest in the fridge.
You can add the chopped parsley at this point but I personally want to save it for later after resting.
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