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Italian Sauce Recipe

Italian sauce is an accompaniment that lends flavour and a vibrant red appeal to almost any Italian dish. Goes best with Italian pasta - be it spaghetti, tortellini, ravioli, agnolotti, This recipe is my version of the sauce, which tastes close to the authentic Italian red sauce.
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 onion
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 3-4 green chillies
  • 1 tsp garlic
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp ajwain
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • A pinch orange red colour
  • 4-5 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • Water (for grinding)
  • Water (for cornflour paste)
  • 3-4 tbsp oil
  • Salt (to taste)

Instructions
 

  • Coarsely chop the onion, tomatoes chillies, ginger & garlic without any water, then grind in 3 short spurts.
  • When ground, check if water is required to grind it into a puree.  If so, add just a few teaspoons of water & grind with 3-4 medium spurts
  • Take a small saucepan, heat it over medium-high flame, then add oil, followed by ajwain.
  • Soon after add the onion-tomato-chilli-ginger-garlic puree and fry by stirring.
    (The oil gives it a red hot saucy look & velvety feel).
  • Then add some red chilli powder, stir in well.  Sprinkle some orange-red food colour.  Turns out a fiery red.
  • Separately mix some cornflour with a few teaspoons of water to make a slurry and add to the sauce.  Now the colour turns to a scarlet red.
  • Finally add salt.  Followed by tomato ketchup.  Turn off the stove and keep aside to cool. Store in an airtight jar (preferably glass) and use when required.