Marinara sauce
(An Italian tomato sauce recipe )
Why use store-bought sauces, which are loaded with preservatives, when you can make them easily at home? This is one of the simplest Italian sauces that can be used in a variety of dishes. You can add it to your pasta, or spread it on your pizza, or use it to make lovely appetizers!
Initially, I referred to this sauce as my ‘pasta sauce’.Then, I stumbled upon the name Marinara sauce and I wondered what this name means? It turns out, the word ‘Marinara’ comes from the word ‘Mariner’. This sauce was extensively used by Italy’s merchants on long sea expeditions, in earlier days. Thus, this sauce came to be known as the Marinara sauce.
Ingredients
1kg fresh red tomatoes
1 large onion
10-12 garlic cloves
12-15 basil leaves
1/4 tbsp black pepper powder
1 tbsp oregano powder
1/2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp olive oil
salt as per taste
Method
Wash the tomatoes thoroughly and chop them.
Finely chop the garlic cloves.
Heat 2 tbsp olive oil and add the garlic. Sauté for a min.
Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Mix well.
Add 1 whole onion to the mixture.
Partially cover the container, and simmer till the tomatoes are well cooked (roughly 20-25 mins). Keep stirring occasionally.
Add oregano, black pepper powder, sugar, and give it a nice stir.
Remove the onion from the mixture.
Turn off the heat. After 2 mins add chopped basil leaves.
Use a potato masher to make the sauce. Alternatively, you can blend it using a hand blender or transfer the mixture to a blender jar (after cooling it) and blend it.
MARINARA SAUCE IS READY TO SERVE!
Notes -
The consistency of this sauce can be adjusted as per your taste. You can keep it a little coarse or make it into a fine paste too.
We add the basil leaves after turning off the heat. This prevents the leaves from wilting.
You can store this sauce in an air-tight container and refrigerating it later.
We add a whole onion to this recipe just to get the flavor. After removing it from the mixture, you can eat this onion - it tastes yummy!!
Marinara sauce
Ingredients
- 1kg fresh red tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- 12 garlic cloves
- 15 basil leaves
- 1/4 tbsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp oregano powder
- 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt as per taste
Method
- Wash the tomatoes thoroughly and chop them.
- Finely chop the garlic cloves.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil and add the garlic. Sauté for a min.
- Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Mix well.
- Add 1 whole onion to the mixture, partially cover the container, and simmer till the tomatoes are well cooked(roughly 20-25 mins). Keep stirring occasionally.
- Add oregano, black pepper powder, sugar, and give it a nice stir.
- Remove the onion from the mixture.
- Turn off the heat. After 2 mins add chopped basil leaves.
- Use a potato masher to make the sauce. Alternatively, you can blend it using a hand blender or transfer the mixture to a blender jar (after cooling it) and blend it.
Notes
- The consistency of this sauce can be adjusted as per your taste. You can keep it a little coarse or make it into a fine paste too.
- We add the basil leaves after turning off the heat. This prevents the leaves from wilting.
- You can store this sauce in an air-tight container and refrigerate it later.
- We add a whole onion to this recipe just to get the flavor. After removing it from the mixture, you can eat this onion - it tastes yummy!!
