Monday 27 May 2013

Tangy tomato sauce in ten minutes

This sauce is very similar to pizza base sauce or pizza sauce. the reason I choose to name it tangy tomato sauce is because I recently discovered that this sauce could do more than just act on the pizza base. I used it with fried rice as a replacement for the traditional tomato chutney that takes much more time to prepare, and it worked wonderfully. I also tried it in a small quantity with my tomato pasta and it spiced up the pasta wonderfully.
Preparation time for this recipe is 10 minutes and the quantity specified below is fit to serve 4.
So here you go -

Ingredients needed for the tangy tomato sauce :

  • 3 big ripe tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 8-10 cloves garlic (if you like strong flavor of garlic, else go with 5-6 cloves)
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  • Add the tomato and garlic cloves in a grinder and grind to a puree
  • Pour this puree in a thick bottom pan
  • Add olive oil to the tomato puree
  • Put this mixture over stove at low heat, and let it simmer for 5 minutes or until the raw smell of tomatoes is gone.
  • Add chilli flakes, salt and oregano to it and cook for another one minute
  • Put off the flame
Your tangy tomato sauce is ready to be used on pizza bases or with pasta or fried rice. Maybe you can discover yet another use of it, I would love to hear back on that.

PS : Adding the picture soon....

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