Benin Red Sauce

Ingredients:

4 tbsp oil (vegetable or groundnut)

2 large onions, chopped

3 garlic cloves, crushed

12 ripe tomatoes, crushed

3 hot (eg Scotch Bonnet) chillies, crushed

1 Maggi or bouillon, cube

Black pepper, to taste

Cooking Instructions:

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onions and fry for a minute then add the tomatoes, garlic and chillies. Fry for 5 minutes then top-up with 750 ml water and add the Maggi cube. Cover and allow to boil for about 20 minutes until all the ingredients have blended together and the tomatoes have broken down. Season with black pepper and serve. In addition to the basic sauce given above you can also add 3 more Scotch Bonnet chillies to make it hotter. You can also add 500 g cubed meat or 4 whole fish cut into steaks.

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