HOT AND SOUR SAUCE

Chef's Name : Niru Gupta
Ingredients1 kg tomatoes-chopped roughly
2 tsp chopped garlic
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt or to taste
1 tsp garam masala
1 Tbsp chilli powder
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 tsp sodium benzoate-mixed with water
Boiled water




Method
Cook the tomatoes and garlic together till soft.
Strain through a soup strainer, or blend in a blender and then pass through a sieve.
Put it back over high heat, add sugar, salt, garam masala, chilli powder and vinegar and cook till thick.
The mixture begins to spurt only in the centre, when ready.
Take off the heat; add the sodium benzoate solution (a preservative) and store in airtight sterilised jars.