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Pizza/Pasta Sauce

Here is my simple tomato sauce recipe, works perfectly with pasta dishes or when thickened can be used as a pizza sauce.
Servings 1 Cup

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 capsicum/bell-pepper
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 carrot grated
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1/4 tsp garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste/puree
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • a pinch of tandoori masala/cumin powder/oregano

Instructions
 

  • Blend the tomatoes, capsicum, chilli, onion and carrot with a bit of water until smooth. Heat a the oil in a pan, then add the garlic paste, followed by the tomato paste.
  • Once that’s cooked for a couple of minutes, add the blended mixture and simmer. Add salt and sugar followed by a bit of tandoori masala or cumin powder or oregano or you can just leave it plain and unspiced according to your taste.
  • Let it simmer until thick and all the water is gone. Taste and adjust if needed. Then use accordingly!