Homemade Tomato Sauce & Chili Sauce

Name: Homemade Tomato Sauce & Chili Sauce
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Tomato Sauce:; 1.1 lbs tomatoes (about 500 grams); 1.8 oz garlic (about 50 grams); 1 cup sugar (about 200 grams); 2 tablespoons salt; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 2 cups water (about 500 ml); 3 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in a little water; Chili Sauce:; Same as the tomato sauce ingredients, plus:; 3.5 oz curly red chilies (about 100 grams, adjust to taste)

Ibu Khansa Rafeyfa @cook_5444994

Bogor-Jawa Barat

I never thought about making my own bottled tomato and chili sauces until I found a recipe by Mba Shang Ai on Cookpad. It turns out they taste amazing, even better than store-bought sauces. The ingredients are more reliable, without preservatives or artificial coloring. The process is also simple.

Ibu Khansa Rafeyfa @cook_5444994

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Ingredients

Tomato Sauce:
1.1 lbstomatoes (about 500 grams)
1.8 ozgarlic (about 50 grams)
1 cupsugar (about 200 grams)
2 tablespoonssalt
2 tablespoonswhite vinegar
2 cupswater (about 500 ml)
3 tablespoonscornstarch dissolved in a little water
Chili Sauce:
Same as the tomato sauce ingredients, plus:
3.5 ozcurly red chilies (about 100 grams, adjust to taste)

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Steps

1

Prepare the ingredients.
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Boil the tomatoes and garlic for the tomato sauce, and for the chili sauce, boil the tomatoes, garlic, and chilies.
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After boiling, it should look like this.
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Put the tomatoes, chilies, garlic, and water into a blender, then blend until smooth.
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Strain the mixture and pour it into a pan, add sugar, salt, and vinegar, and let it boil. Once boiling, add the cornstarch solution.
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Stir continuously until it thickens slightly, but not too thick, as it will thicken more once cooled.
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Remove from heat and let cool. The tomato sauce will look like this.
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The chili sauce will look like this, redder because of the curly red chilies.
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Sterilize the bottles you will use to store the sauces by boiling them in water.
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Pour the tomato sauce and chili sauce into the bottles, seal tightly, and store in the refrigerator.
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Delicious sauce is ready to use.