Fresh Tomato Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 kgs Tomatoes (Tamatar)
• 1/4 teaspoon Red chilli powder (Lal mirchi)
• 1 cup Sugar (Cheeni)
• 4 Cloves (Lavang)
• 1 small Onion(Pyaj)
• 1 small piece Cinnamon (Dalchini)
• 30 grams Ginger (Adrak) (2 tsps chopped)
• 6 cloves Garlic (Lasun)
• 1/4 cup Vinegar (Sirka)
• 2 teaspoons Salt (Namak)

How to make fresh tomato sauce:

1. Wash, dry and chop tomatoes.
2. Peel and chop the onions, garlic and ginger. Coarsely crush spices.
3. Place tomatoes, onion, garlic and ginger in a degchi and cook over a gentle fire till tender.
4. Add spices, sugar, chilli powder and cook till thick.
5. Strain through a sieve and use.
6. This sauce cannot be stored.