Vegetable Sauce

yewoinfamilycooking's Note:

This vegetable sauce is a practical dish for vegetarians, vegans and for those who observe Lent.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots (peeled)
• 1 red bell pepper
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon sun-dried tomatoes or 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3 stalks celery
• 2 stalks green onions or 2 stalks scallions
• 1 teaspoon basil (minced)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 teaspoon minced garlic clove
• 4 bay leaves
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon red chili pepper (berbere)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• salt and black pepper

Directions:

1. Clean, rinse and chop the vegetables.
2. In a big cooking pan, mix all ingredients together except salt and black.
3. Cook it for 15 minutes.
4. Add black pepper and salt to taste; cook for five minutes; remove from heat.
5. P.S. The sauce could be used with rice; for garnishing baked fish or meat and as a dipping sauce.

Reviews

[PeeGee]

A nice flavourful mixture and easy to make. We nearly followed the recipe - we didn't have all the vegetables or tomato sauce. We used it as the vegetable dish with roast lamb.