Some of us try to avoid tomatoes for various reasons: they are acidic and can cause heartburn and they also belong to the nightshades family, which should not be consumed in certain conditions.

Even though there are no tomatoes in it, this sauce is very rich and flavourful with a bright red colour, too. It is a perfect replacement for ketchup (with a bit of a BBQ flavour too, in our opinion!) and can be used in pasta dishes, on a pizza or in a cottage pie.

Nomato Sauce

Rich and flavourful, can be used in place of ketchup or as pasta sauce

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Course sauce

Equipment

• Electric pressure cooker, optional

Ingredients

  

Pressure Cooker Ingredients

• 1 tbsp raisins - substitute for dates if your digestion is weak
• 1 small sweet potato, peeled and chopped roughly
• 1 small beetroot, peeled and chopped finely
• 1 1/2 tsp pink salt
• 1 1/2 medium carrots, chopped roughly
• pinch hing
• pinch turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp dried coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp maple syrup - optional, if you want it as sweet as ketchup
• 1 1/2 tbsp ghee
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup water

Extras

• 1 1/2 cup freshly chopped herbs - I used half fresh basil and half fresh coriander leaves
• 2 lime wedges
• black pepper - optional. Avoid if you have acidic stomach.

Instructions

 

• Place all the ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook on high for ten minutes. Let the pressure come down naturally.

  Alternatively, cook under a lid till the vegetables are soft to blend. You might need to add a little more water to achieve the desired sauce consistency.
• Blend with a stick blender and stir in the chopped herbs.
  
• Just before serving, squeeze the lime juice out of the wedges into the sauce.

  Note that, the acidity in the limes will influence the colour of the sauce to go towards fuchsia pink, rather than red. If the red colour is important for your dish, reduce the juice or leave it out.

Notes

Keyword condiment, ketchup, nomato, pasta sauce