Tomato Sauce

Name: Tomato Sauce
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5 cups tomatoes, cut into big chunks; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 tsp chilli powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp sodium benzoit; 1 inch stick cinnamon (dalchini); 3 cloves laung; 1 tsp coarsely crushed peppercorns; 2 tsp crushed garlic (lehsun)

Mamta Agrawal @cook_9214619

Bihar

#dipsandsauces
This is simple but ideal, which add value to any dish.

Mamta Agrawal @cook_9214619

Bihar

#dipsandsauces
This is simple but ideal, which add value to any dish.

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Ingredients

5 cupstomatoes, cut into big chunks
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 tspchilli powder
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 tspsodium benzoit
1 inch stick cinnamon (dalchini)
3 cloveslaung
1 tspcoarsely crushed peppercorns
2 tspcrushed garlic (lehsun)

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Steps

1

Combine cinnamon, laung,peppercorns,garlic in a muslin cloth, tie a knot to make potli and keep aside.
2

Combine the tomatoes and the prepared potli in the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3 whistles, without adding water.
3

Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid, remove the potli from the tomato mixture and discard it.
4

Cool the tomato mixture slightly and blend it in a mixer till smooth.
5

Strain the mixture using a strainer.
6

Transfer the tomato mixture into a deep non-stick pan, add the sugar, chilli powder and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 15 to 17 minutes or till it coats the back of the spoon, while stirring occasionally. Cool completely.
7

Once cooled, add the sodium benzoate, mix well and store it in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
8

Use as required.