Vegetable Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots (peeled)
• 1 red bell pepper
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon sun-dried tomato or tomato paste
• 3 stalks celery
• 2 stalks green onions or scallions
• 1 teaspoon basil (minced)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder or minced garlic clove
• 4 bay leaves
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil or vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon red chili pepper (berbere)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• salt and black pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Clean, rinse and chop the vegetables.

2. 2

   In a big cooking pan, mix all ingredients together except salt and black.

3. 3

   Cook it for 15 minutes.

4. 4

   Add black pepper and salt to taste; cook for five minutes; remove from heat.

5. 5

   P.S. The sauce could be used with rice; for garnishing baked fish or meat and as a dipping sauce.