Sauces

Spicy Tomato Sauce for Köfte

tomato

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion
  • ½ doz. medium-sized closed cup mushrooms,
  • cut into quarters
  • 2 large beefy tomatoes, skinned and coarsely
  • chopped
  • 1 level tbsp. tomato purée
  • 1 bird’s eye chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp. vegetable stock powder
  • 2 or 3 tbsp. parsley, chopped
  • 1 tsp. Joan's mixed dried herbs
  • 2 tsp. paprika
  • Salt/Ground Pepper
  • ¼ orange pepper, cut into small pieces
  • ¼ green pepper, cut into small pieces
  • A little boiled water

Method

1

Chop onions coarsely. Fry in a little olive oil until softened. Add the mushrooms to the onions and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more.

2

Skin tomatoes and chop. Add to the onions and mushrooms together with the tomato purée, chopped chilli pepper and the bouillon powder. Simmer a couple of minutes.

3

Add some of the chopped parsley, the dried herbs, paprika and seasoning. Add a little boiled water according to how thick you want the sauce, put on the lid and simmer slowly for about 10 minutes.

4

You can add half-grilled köfte (10-12) to the sauce at this stage and let them finish cooking in the simmering sauce. Sprinkle over the remainder of the chopped parsley.

5

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