Pasta Sauce

There is no doubt that a bottle of pasta sauce picked off the shelf is so much more convenient to use. But most of us used to spicy food do find 'something' missing in a regular pasta sauce. I saw my daughter load her pasta with crushed peppers and evolved this pasta sauce..make it bland or spicy, it is worth the effort. Moreover, all those vegetables added make it so much tastier and nutritious!
Bottle it in the very same pasta sauce bottles and you can fool your kids into eating a lot of vegetables.

Anyway here it goes...

1 can Tuttorosa Crushed tomatoes with basil
(If you want to go the healthy way, I recommend no-sodium Eden crushed tomatoes with basil
or for those to whom these are not available, any carton of tomato sauce will do)

Method:
2 green peppers (capsicum) diced
4-5 carrots diced
3 onions diced
2 yellow peppers diced(opt)
Green peas a handful, if liked
Mushrooms, again if liked
any other pasta friendly vegetables!
2 cloves garlic
Fresh or dried Basil
Dried Oregano
Cilantro, a small bunch chopped
chilli powder, as per taste
salt
Crushed black pepper, 1 tsp (reduce if cannot take too much spice)
Olive oil 1 tbsp

whole red chillies 2
2 fresh tomatoes chopped
1/2 tsp sugar

• Heat the olive oil and add the whole red chillies and crushed garlic.
• Sauté for a minute till garlic looks roasted
• Next add the onions and all the vegetables and sauté till fairly cooked
• Do not cook to a pasty texture, stop while the vegetables still hold up shape.
• Add the pepper, chilli powder and salt and the tomatoes, cook for a minute or two
• Next add the crushed tomatoes from the can and the sugar
• Bring it up to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes
• Finally, add the basil and oregano.

Your pasta sauce is now ready to use. Chop the vegetables to longish pieces for an added vegetable flavor to the dish.