The magical "goes-with-everything" sauce/stew

I call this stew the 'magical-goes-with-everything' stew/sauce, because that is what it does...I goes with everything from pasta, rice, potatoes...veg...anything!

This was one fo the first things I learned to make, when I was 7 years old. It is like a Ghanaian secret, which I will share with you so...Shhhhh!! ^^ It is like a tomatoe sauce or stew that can be the base of so many recipes and I will show you in later posts, when I refer to this one. It is incredibly easy and anyone can make it.

So, lets get started ^^

You will need;

Chopped tomatoes

Garlic

Ginger

Scotch Bonnet chillies (optional)

Fresh basil

1 Onion (Normal cooking onions or a handfull of Shallots)

Tomatoe puree
Olive oil (for cooking not virgin)

Salt
Maggie sauce
Aromat all-purpose seasoning

1. Pour 5 tablespoons of olive oil into a pan and leave to heat.
2. Whilst the oil is warming, chop the onions, garlic and chilli, if you want to hot, and grate some ginger. Once the oil is hot, pour in all of these ingredients and fry until slightly golden brown.
3. Pour in the chopped tomatoes and leave to simmer for a few minutes.
4. Once it is bubbling, add a few drops of the Maggie sauce a few pinches of salt and the Aromat seasoning. Stir and leave to simmer for a futher 10 minutes on low heat.
5. Add some of the tomatoe puree. This will thicken the sauce. Leave for a further 10 minutes.
6. Chop 6 leaves of fresh basil and add to the sauce.
   
7. Stir and leave to set for a few minutes,

And there you have it! My magical, family-inspired sauce, stew that can go with literally anything. You add it to pasta to make a sauce of that or rice and potatoes. Anything filled with carbby-goodness, will go well with this.

I hope you enjoy ^^

Adieu For Now <3