Simple Tomato-and-onion Sauce (southern African)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large onion, peeled and sliced
• fat (for frying) or oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can chopped tomatoes (or use 6 large fresh chopped tomatoes)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1 -2 teaspoon chopped hot pepper (fresh or dried, to taste) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a pot, fry the onion in oil, fat or lard. stir often, until onion turn pale brown.
• 2 add the tomatoes and rest of ingredients.
• 3 it's best to cover the pot and simmer until nicely thickened, or leave open and stir often.
• 4 add any extras you like while it cooks, such as gravy or a little ground meat. to thicken and brown the simple sauce, sauce powder (like bisto) is often stirred into a little lukewarm water, and added.
• 5 you can also add a few dashes of worcestershire sauce.
• 6 serve over pap/sadza/ugali (and there are many other names for it in the various languages!) of course, if it is available, this would be served with a meat stew or grilled meat. if meats are not on the menu, this is the meal. sometimes spinach or swiss chard is added to the plate as a side veggie.