Hot Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil, olive
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup canned tomato (plus puree)
• 1 teaspoon sambal oelek
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.
• 2 add the garlic and gingerroot and cook briefly then add the onion and cook until soft.
• 3 add the tomatoes and puree breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon.
• 4 reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes then add the sambal and soy sauce and simmer for 15 more minutes.
• 5 run the sauce through the coarse blade of a food mill and save until needed.
• 6 to serve, reheat and correct seasonings to taste.
• 7 for a milder sauce, reduce the sambal.
• 8 may be stored for brief periods if refrigerated.
• 9 serve with cabbage rolls, spaghetti, steamed fish.