Tomato Salsa

Tomato Salsa is a sauce or relish which is necessary and almost a must accompaniment with all Mexican meals. Salsa means sauce in Spanish and most common one is made of tomatoes, onion and chile.  The best part about salsa is if you like it very hot and spicy, add more chilies to your salsa.  It does not require too much cooking.  Some innovative people have started making mango and pineapple salsa also.  So let us make tomato salsa here to enjoy with corn chips.

 

 Ingredients:

6 Ripe medium size tomatoes, 1 tbsp cooking oil, 1 big onion finely chopped, 2 cloves of garlic crushed, 2 green chilies chopped finely,  juice of 1 lemon, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper, 1 tsp sugar, ¼ cup coriander(clintro) leaves cleaned, washed and chopped.

Method:

Heat oil in a pan, add onion and garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes.

Chop three tomatoes and make puree of other three tomatoes in a mixer. Add the puree tomato to the sautéed onion and garlic mix.  Add salt, sugar and green chilies.

After one boil add the chopped tomatoes to the mix.

Cook for another 3 minutes.

When cool pour in a glass bowl, add lemon juice and coriander(clintro) leaves.

Enjoy with  tortilla chips.