Red Chilli Sauce is a spicy and tangy flavored sauce made with whole dried red chillies, tomatoes, vinegar and sugar. Although this sauce is spicy in nature but very tasty while eating, it gives a mouth licking taste to the snack dishes like wraps, sandwich’s, pizza’s, etc.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings: 10

Ingredients:

• 200 gms whole dried red chillies( kashmiri/guntur)
• 1 tbsp red chilli pepper/paprika
• 6-8 tomatoes
• 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
• 2 tsp glacial acetic acid
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1-1/2 tsp salt
• 2-3 cloves
• 4 tbsp vinegar

How to make Red Chilli Sauce:

1. Remove the stems of red chillies, deseed them and wash thoroughly in normal running water.
2. Grind the chillies by adding little amount of water.
3. Cook the tomatoes until tenders.
4. Pass through a sieve.
5. Heat a same pan and add ground red chillies, tomato pulp, salt, sugar and paprika.
6. Mix very well and cook for 3-4 minutes on medium high heat.
7. Now add cloves, mustard seeds and vinegar.
8. Cook for few more seconds until thicken.
9. Remove from the fire and mix the glacial acetic acid.
10. Pour the sauce in the air tight bottle and use it after 6-7 days.

Chef Tips:

1. You may use red tomato color for making the sauce more colorful, just like ready-made sauce.
2. Powdered sugar is more preferable for making this sauce.