37) HOT AND SWEET BEETROOT SAUCE

HOT AND SWEET

BEETROOT SAUCE

Ingredients:

     1)    Beetroot – 200 gm.

     2)    Onions – 100 gm.

     3)    Tender ginger – 1 inch piece

     4)    Garlic cloves – 3 Nos.

     5)    Sugar – 75 gm.

     6)    Vinegar – 50 ml.

     7)    Medium hot green chilies – 3 Nos.

     8)    Salt – 1½ teaspoon

To Cook:

          Peel the beets, onions, ginger and garlic and chop to pieces. In a food processor, pour 100 ml. of water. Tip in all the ingredients except the vinegar and grind to fine paste. Transfer to a thick bottomed vessel and put on the stove. Boil for 15 minutes stirring frequently to avoid burning at the base. Taste the sauce and add more seasoning or sugar to suit your palate. Add the vinegar and taste again. If you need more tanginess, add a little more vinegar.

          Your Hot and Sweet Beetroot Sauce is ready to serve. Use for dipping French fries, cutlets or as a side dish to fried rice. Store in air tight glass jars in the refrigerator. It will taste even better after a week.

7) FRESH TOMATO SAUCE

FRESH TOMATO SAUCE 

WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES

Ingredients:

     1)    Fully ripe tomatoes – 1 kg.

     2)    Garlic – 2 bulbs

     3)    Ginger – One 2 inch piece

     4)    Hot green chilies – 4 Nos.

     5)    Sugar – 200 gm.

     6)    Garam masala powder – ½ tea spoon

     7)    Turmeric powder – 1 tea spoon

     8)    Kashmiri chili powder – 2 tea spoons

     9)    Vinegar – 100 ml

     10)     Salt to taste

To Cook:

          Dice the tomatoes into big chunks. Peel the ginger and chop nicely. Peel the garlic and remove the root base.

          Put all the ingredients except vinegar into a mixer and grind to fine paste. If the mixer is smaller, grind in two or three batches.

          Transfer to pan or thick vessel and put on the stove. Stirring frequently, boil for 15 to 20 minutes until well cooked. Now, add the vinegar. Taste and adjust the seasoning to suit your palate, adding sugar, salt or chili powder if necessary. Boil for a minute and turn off the heat. Allow to cool naturally.

Transfer to clean air tight glass containers and refrigerate.