Indo - Italian Tangy
Tomato Pasta Sauce

by Panish (India)

This is very delightful tomato pasta sauce, which is very much preferred in India.

Ingredients:

• 3 fresh tomatoes, medium sized (500gms)
  
• 8 leaves of fresh basil (tulsi)
  
• 8 leaves of mint (pudina)
  
• 1 slice of ginger
  
• 1 pinch of white asafoetida (hing)
  
• 1 table spoon of turmeric
  
• 1 table spoon of mustard seeds
  
• 4 table spoon of cooking oil
  
• salt to taste

Preparation:

Wash and cut tomatoes into 4 half each, then remove the seeds from the tomatoes. Mash the tomatoes with a pinch of rock salt.

Wash the basil, mint leaves and ginger thoroughly and mash them to a paste using a masher, use not more than 1/4 cup of water.

Take a sauce pan and preheat the pan for 2 minutes. Add 4 table spoon cooking oil and allow the oil to heat, then add a table spoon of mustard seeds and allow them to crackle a bit, then add a ping of white asafoetida and turmeric. stir the mixture until you get a food smell of asafoetida.

Then add the basil, mint and ginger mixture and allow the flavor of basil, mint and ginger to blend. Once you get a good smell of this mixture, then add the tomato mash. Boil the entire mixture until you get a good consistency.

If you want thinner sauce, you can use little extra water, while mashing the tomatoes. Never add water to the sauce pan. Once the consistency is reached, add powdered rock salt as per your taste and stir for 30 seconds.

Your rich tangy tomato pasta sauce is ready to mix with pasta al dente.

by
Panish