Pizza Sauce Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	10 min
Cook time	15 min
Total time	25 min
Serves	1 bowl

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Ingredients

• 6 ripped red tomatoes
• 2 tsp oil
• 3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
• ¼ onion (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp basil leaves (finely chopped)
• ¾ tsp sugar
• ¾ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
• salt to taste
• ½ tsp oregano
• ¼ tsp chilli flakes
• 1 tbsp tomato sauce
• ½ tbsp butter

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Instructions

1. firstly, slit x on bottom of tomatoes.
2. furthermore, add 6 tomatoes (slitted at bottom) into boiling water and blanch.
3. close the vessel and boil for 3-4 minutes or till the skin starts to leave from tomatoes.
4. further, peel the skin of tomatoes once they cooled completely.
5. then take 3 peeled tomatoes and blend to smooth purees.
6. chop other 3 tomatoes discarding the seeds.
7. transfer to the plate and keep aside.
8. furthermore, heat oil in a non stick tawa or heavy bottomed pan.
9. add chopped garlic and saute till they turn slightly golden brown.
10. further, saute chopped onions till they change colour.
11. then add chopped - deseeded tomatoes and cook completely.
12. mash in between so that it turns mushy soon.
13. also add prepared tomato puree (3 balanced tomatoes).
14. mix well and add basil, sugar, chilli powder, oregano, chilli flakes and salt.
15. mix well and get the sauce to a boil.
16. further, cover and simmer the sauce for atleast 5 minutes or till the sauce turns thick.
17. also add tomato sauce and butter.
18. finally, mix well and pizza sauce is ready to prepare pizzas or pastas.

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Step-by-step

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Video

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Notes

• firstly, use bright red tomatoes, else sauce will not be of bright colour.
• furthermore, always puree half the quantity of tomatoes and rest half chop them.
• additionally, to make sauce more spicy add green chilli.
• finally, pizza sauce stays fresh for a week or more when stored in a airtight container.