Home made Tomato Sauce

Fresh tomato sauce tangy, sweet and sour with a spicy kick.

Ingredients:

8 ripe medium tomatoes
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder or chilli flakes
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon jaggery or brown sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice or white wine vinegar

Method:

1.Wash the tomatoes and chop them up finely.
2. Add oil in a pan and heat it on medium heat. When oil is hot add the chopped tomatoes and simmer them on low/medium heat for 10 minutes until the tomatoes breakup and form a pulp.
3. After 10 minutes add the salt,chilli powder, jaggery and lemon juice and simmer for another 5 minutes.
4. Once the tomatoes have absorbed the spices they should be thick and pulpy. Turn off the heat and leave to cool.
5. Transfer to a sterilised jar and keep in the fridge.







































NB –I left the seeds in my sauce but if you prefer remove the seeds from the tomatoes before chopping them by cutting them in half and scooping the seeds out first with a spoon.

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Nayna Kanabar

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57 thoughts on “Home made Tomato Sauce

    1. 10 bottle OMG thats a lot of sauce.You can buy a crate of tomatoes from the market , recipe works with over ripened ones also ,so often market traders sell off whole crate for peanuts at the end of trading when they won't keep for long.

  1. I always make my own pasta sauce but never made tomato sauce… my toddler loves tommy K with everything so i may make a batch of this sauce minus the chilli and give him that instead, a lot healthier – thank you for a great recipe 🙂

  2. The only time I made tomato sauce of any kind I left the seeds in an ended up with a green mess. Perhaps I should try again with your recipe (I'm sure my little girl would love to help me).

    1. To my knowledge this would maybe happen if you blend the seeds in tomato in a blender, this sauce was not blended but was cooked until went pulpy so was not totally smooth but It has some texture in it.If you want a smooth sauce remove seeds from tomato before chopping into small pieces.

  3. This looks so thick and tasty. We love making soup in this house – but I haven't ever made tomato for fear of it being watery. Will definitely give this recipe a try! Thanks for sharing.

  4. Periodically I make similar batches of sauce, the tomatoes have so much more flavour when stewed with onions and garlic. Not done it for ages but I really should!

  5. This looks delicious and I bet it tastes much nicer than a well known brand. I like the addition of jaggery which must bring out the sweet flavours of the tomatoes.

  6. When tommies are in seasons I regularly make a rich sauce like this, lovely plain on pasta or as a pizza topping or a base for a tomato soup.

  7. I'm guilty of eating *everything* with tom ketchup – although I wouldn't feel so guilty if I made my own ;0) fab defo going to make this! :0)

  8. This looks lovely, I've never thought to make my own tomato sauce. I've made chilli sauce from home grown chillis might have to try tomatoes 🙂

  9. Tomato sauce is one thing I've thought about making at home but never go round to – it's too convenient to buy it at the shops! Your recipe looks delicious and I will give it a try, thank you 🙂

  10. Home made tomato sauce looks even better than the store bought one.. the colour is so lovely. I have actually never tried making at home.

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