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Red Chilli Paste

Red Chilli Sauce is a spicy and tangy flavored sauce made with whole dried red chilies, tomatoes, vinegar and sugar. Although this sauce is spicy in nature it gives a lip-smacking taste to any snack you serve it with!

Ingredients

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

Method

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

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    You may use red tomato color for making the sauce more colorful, just like ready-made sauce.

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    Powdered sugar is more preferable for making this sauce.