Name: Basic Tomato Pasta Sauce | Marinara Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 x 400g (2 cans) diced tomatoes; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 4-5 garlic pods, peeled and chopped; 1/4 cup basil or parsley leaves, roughly chopped; Salt to taste; 2-3 cups cooked pasta, to serve

Hands up if you love pasta soaked in scrumptious sauce of tomatoes and garlic. I could see quite a few hands up in the air (including mine).

So what’s so special about this tomato pasta sauce?

Let’s see… First of all, it’s a very basic recipe. That means, you can customize it any way you want. You’ve endless options like adding meat, hiding veggies etc. Second, if you want a smooth texture, you can cook the sauce for longer time.

Yield: 4

Basic Tomato Pasta Sauce | Marinara Sauce

A basic version of tomato pasta sauce.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

2 x 400g (2 cans) diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, roughly chopped
4-5 garlic pods, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup basil or parsley leaves, roughly chopped
Salt to taste
2-3 cups cooked pasta, to serve

Instructions

Place a large frying pan over medium heat. Heat olive oil. Fry garlic until the raw smell disappears. Fry onion until soft. Add the tomatoes along with ½ cup of water, and bring the sauce to a boil. Simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add in the chopped basil or parsley, and leave it to simmer for few minutes. When done, season with salt and ground black pepper.
Serve with cooked pasta. Garnish with grated cheese just before serving.

Notes

If you are using fresh tomatoes, do not use the skin.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 347Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 0mgSodium 152mgCarbohydrates 63gFiber 4gSugar 4gProtein 12g

The nutritional data is for information purposes only

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Comments

My Kitchen Moments says

December 7, 2014 at 3:55 pm

Must have pasta sauce in the kitchen counter! How are you Rose? Quite a long time….

- Nish Kitchen says
  
  December 8, 2014 at 6:45 am
  
  Doing good Aiswarya.. 🙂
  
prettypolymath says

December 8, 2014 at 3:09 pm

i’m so with– a good tomato sauce makes all the difference! yum!

B.Mutai says

June 26, 2015 at 2:18 am

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