My All-Purpose Marinara Sauce
My version of an all-purpose marinara sauce that's easy to make. It can be cooked in large batches and be frozen for later use.
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg pureed tomatoes
- 3 (200g) packs tomato puree
- 2 - 3 onions
- 1/2 tsp garlic paste (more if you prefer)
- 1 large green bell pepper/ capsicum
- 3 heaped tsps sugar (more or less depending on tartness of tomatoes)
- 1 1/2 tsps kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning/ mixed herbs
- 3 tbsps oil
- to taste salt
Instructions
- Chop up the onions and capsicum and blend to a paste with garlic paste.
- Heat the oil and fry this paste till the raw smell of onion disappears. Then add both the tomato purees and all other ingredients, except the seasoning, and stir well. Allow to come to a boil and then turn down the heat.
- Cook till quite thick, stirring occasionally. When almost ready, add the seasoning. Cook for another 2 minutes and the sauce is ready.
- Cool and bottle. This keeps in the fridge for 7-10 days. This sauce can also be divided into smaller single portions and frozen.