Monday 10 August 2015

Pizza Sauce



Hii Friends,

Sharing with you all the recipe for pizza sauce, which can be stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator for many days. It can be used instantly in any Italian dishes.

This is my own version of "Tried and Tested and Successful" recipe and I am sure you will love this

Lets see how to make this

Ingredients

  • Tomatos - 2
  • Olive oil - 2 tsp
  • Onion - 1/2, chopped very finely
  • Capsicum - Chopped very finely
  • Garlic - 4 cloves, chopped very finely
  • Tomato puree - 2 cups (Homemade / Store brought)
  • Salt - to taste
  • Sugar - 2 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Fennel powder - 1 tsp
  • Mixed italian herbs - (Oregano, thyme, marjaram, basil)- few each

Method

  • Boil water in a vessel. Give 2 or 3 slits in the tomatoes and dop them in the boiling water. Close the lid and let it sit like that for almost 30 to 40 seconds.Shock the tomatoes in the cold water and remove the skin starting from the slit you made on them. Once it is cool, chop them ery finely. Keep aside
  • Heat oil in a pan and add garlic. Keep the heat in medium. Saute until it is fried a little. Now add onions and saute till it is very well cooked.
  • Now add the capsicum and saute it fr a minute.Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, salt and sugar. Add litle water, close the lid and allow it to cook for
  • 20-30 minutes. Make sure it does not become too thicck. Keep stirring in between and add water if necessary.
  • After around 30 minutes, add chilli powder, fennel powder and italian herbs. Close the lid again and cook for a minute or so. Check the seasoning and adjust accordingly.Turn off the heat. Store this in an air tight container once it is cooled doen completely and refridgerate. Use when necessary.

For Tomato puree at home

Ingredients
 
  • Tomato - 6 big tomatoes
  • Water - 3 cups
Method
 
  • Boil water in a vessel. Give 2 or 3 slits in the tomatoes and dop them in the boiling water. Close the lid and let it sit like that for almost 30 to 40 seconds.Shock the tomatoes in the cold water and remove the skin starting from the slit you made on them.Chop them roughly. Once it is cooled down, blend in a mixer to get a fine puree.

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