Simple Tomato-And-Onion Sauce (Southern African)

Ingredients

• 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)

Directions

1. 1

   In a pot, fry the onion in oil, fat or lard. Stir often, until onion turn pale brown.

2. 2

   Add the tomatoes and rest of ingredients.

3. 3

   It's best to cover the pot and simmer until nicely thickened, or leave open and stir often.

4. 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. 5

   You can also add a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce.

6. 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.