Home made Pasta / Pizza Sauce

Category: Pasta Sauce 
Preparation Time: 10 mins       
Cooking Time: 20 mins      
Servings: yields around 1 cup

Pasta / Pizza Sauce

 Ingredients:

• Ripe Tomatoes - 3 nos
• Red Capsicum - 1 no (Can be reduced to 1/2)
• Small Onion, finely chopped - 5-6 nos
• Garlic, finely chopped - 5-6 cloves
• Olive Oil - 1 tbsp + 1 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
• Italian Seasoning - 1/2 tbsp (can be replaced with Oregano / Basil leaves)
• Water - around 1/3 - 1/2 cup

Method:

1. Wash the tomatoes and make a slight slit across the tomatoes for easy peeling. Add around 2 cups of water  in a vessel and bring it to boil. When it starts to boil, add the tomatoes and wait for 1-2 mins till the skin started to break off. Then remove the tomatoes using a spoon and place it in a bowl. Then remove the skin off and allow to cool down
   
2. Wash and chop the Red capsicum into cubes. Heat 1 tsp of Oil in a pan and add the capsicum cubes and saute for few mins till it gets roasted well, then remove from the stove and allow to cool down
   
3. In a blender / mixie jar, add the blanched tomatoes and roasted capsicum cubes and grind to a fine puree without adding any water
   
4. In a sauce pan, add 1 tbsp of Olive Oil and heat it up, then add finely chopped onions followed by finely chopped garlic pieces and saute well until they turned golden brown
   
5. Then add the tomato-Capsicum puree into it and cook in medium flame for 3-4 mins
   
6. Now add around 1/3 - 1/2 cup of water to it and mix well; bring it to boil
   
7. Once it starts to boil, add Sugar, Salt, Pepper powder and Italian seasoning
   
8. Allow it cook in low flame for another 5-7 mins till it reaches the sauce consistency
   
9. Once its done, remove from the flame and use as required
10. If storing, we can transfer into a airtight glass container after it gets cooled down and store it in refrigerator for atleast a week or upto 10 days