How to make tasty sauces with delicious ingredients

 First, what is a sauce?

Sauce is a generic term and comprises a host of possibilities and options. While pureed sauce made with tomato-and-vinegar is called ketchup, other sauce combinations may contain pieces of fruits and/or vegetables, but in up-pureed form.

It should be known that the words chutney and sauce can be used interchangeably. If at all there is technical difference between the two, it is that chutney is usually made thick and as such it may be called thick sauce.

Sauce is used in various forms and combinations that set the mood for taste buds and provide what may be called sidekicks to the eaters.

Sauce provides variety to the food menu, enhances taste, colour, flavour and can transform any dish into a smacking delicacy. Sauce can be sweet, chunky, tangy or sour. Here are recipes for two kinds of sauce. Everest Foods suggests some tips to make tasty sauces with delicious ingredients. Take your pick and enjoy.

Tomato sauce

Probably the most made sauce variety across the world, tomato sauce is equally loved by people all ages. It is used to enhance the taste of a large range  of Indian and western foods including noodles- Maggie noodles, samosas, pakoras, idlis, vadas, dosas and a variety  of salads and sandwiches because of its hand-licking flavour.

Ingredients

10 chopped tomatoes, one teaspoonful of mustard seeds, one teaspoonful of chopped ginger, half teaspoonful of mustard seeds, two crushed garlic cloves, one teaspoonful of oil, 10-15 curry leaves, one tsp of vinegar, 1-2 tsp of sugar, half tsp of chilli powder, salt and pepper to taste.

Method of making

Take a wok or a frying pan large enough for the ingredients and add oil, mustard seeds, ginger, curry leaves and crushed garlic.

Turn on the heat. Add tomatoes after the mixture of these ingredients is cooked and let them remain on the fire flame for about five minutes.

Now add sugar, salt and chilli powder to taste, vinegar and pepper.Keep cooking the whole mixture until it becomes squishy and soft.Wait until it cools down. Serve it or save it.

Coriander- mint-curd sauce

As the name suggests, coriander-mint-curd sauce is made of three basic ingredients, curd, mint and coriander. This combination makes an immensely delicious, tangy and lip-smacking sauce.

The coriander-mint-curd mixture can accompany any snack. It can be used as a dip, chutney or spread.All its ingredients are replete with powerful nutrients.  Its first main ingredient coriander leaves are packed with vitamin A, C and K and some dietary minerals in moderate quantities.

Mint is infused with antioxidants and phytonutrients that can act miraculously in restoring energy to your stomach.

Menthol in mint assists the enzymes in catalysing the digestive process. The also energize the stomach muscles and help them to digest the food efficiently.

Ingredients:

I cup of coriander leaves, ¾ cup of curd/yogurt or simple dahi, half cup of mint leaves, 1 tsp of cumin seeds, 2 tsp of green chilli, 2 tsp of lemon juice and salt to taste.

Method of making sauce

Clean and wash coriander and mint leaves and put them in the grinder along with green chillies. Also add salt, lemon juice, cumin seeds. Add a little water and blend the mixture into a smooth paste.

Whisk the curd and add the paste to it and mix them well.Your coriander, mint and curd sauce is now ready to cater to your taste buds. You can take it with idli, dosa or any other snack.

We hope these easy to follow tips from Everest Foods will help add zing to your cooking.