easy to make pasta sauce from scratch using fresh ingredients . Perfect for the busy evenings. Put up a great healthy dinner in a flash with this make ahead of time sauce.
3tablespoonscooking olive oil /canola oil or any other
1cupchopped onions
1medium size steamed carrot
6 -7medium size ripe tomatoes
4clovesgarlic roughly chopped
1tablespoonwheat flour*
Salt to taste
1teaspoonred / cayenne pepper or chilly flakesoptional*
2teaspoonor more honey / sugar*
1tablespoondried italian herbs
handful of fresh basiloptional
Instructions
Chop the tomatoes and carrots and puree them together
Heat oil in a non stick pan
Once well heated add the chopped garlic and sautee it until golden .
Add chopped onions and some salt
Sautee it until onions are translucent
Add the wheat flour and sautee it for 30 seconds
Add red chilly powder and the prepared tomato carrot puree and give a quick mix
Cover it and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes on medium low heat stirring occasionally .
Uncover and add remaining herbs , black pepper and salt .
Add honey or sugar if tomatoes are tart
taste test at this point and adjust seasoning accordingly.
Simmer for 5-7 minutes more and switch off the flame. Add chopped fresh basil at the end.
use as desired.
Notes
Always use best quality ingredients for cooking The final outcome of pasta sauce highly depends on the quality of tomatoes you use . Try picking up nicely ripened and juicy tomatoes. if your sauce feels dry in between cooking , just add ¼ cup or more water and let it simmer for few minutes If by any chance you don’t find sweet tomatoes , i.e if the tomatoes are a bit tart then just add some honey or increase the amount of carrots and you will have the best homemade pasta sauce ever . Adding spice is optional You can substitute wheat flour with all purpose flour/ maida. Now you don’t have a single reason not to try it. This recipe can easily be doubled .