Tomato sauce for pizza, eggplant parmesan etc.

This sauce is used as pizza spread and eggplant parmesan etc. When tomatoes are available in season, you can make plenty of sauce and freeze the same in small zip lock bags which are enough for one or two pizzas. The sauce comes in handy when you can make pizza using the frozen sauce.

Sauce when it is ready for use:

Spices used in making the sauce: jeera, oregano, red chili flakes and ajwain:

Onion, garlic and ginger:

Initial stage of making the sauce:

Ingredients: 

•      15 or 20 ripe tomatoes
•      3 or 4 diced onions
•      3 or 4 pods of garlic
•      1 inch ginger 
•      3 tsp oil
•      1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
•      3 tsp dhania (coriander) powder
•      3 tsp jeera
•      3 tsp ajwain
•      Chili powder to taste
•      Salt to taste
•      1 cup finely cut coriander (cilantro)

Directions:

1.      Boil enough water in a deep pot.
2.      Drop the tomatoes into the boiling water and turn the heat off.
3.      Let the tomatoes soak for about half an hour.
4.      Peel the tomatoes and pure them.
5.      Grind onion, ginger and garlic into a paste.
6.      Heat oil in a deep thick pot.
7.      Add the onion paste and fry it for 3 to 4 minutes.
8.      Add all the powders and fry for a few minutes more.
9.      Add tomato pure and keep stirring.
10.      Add jeera and ajwain.
11.      Let the mixture simmer till it thickens. Add salt.
12.      Add cilantro and keep stirring.
13.      When the sauce is thick enough, turn off the heat let it cool.