By Devi Poojari
With so many options for tomato sauce in a jar available in food stores and supermarkets these days, finding your favourite type of marinara sauce isn’t going to be too much hard work.
We know that cheese can elevate pretty much anything that it has been added to, but a well-made queso sauce enlivens up even a frozen burger patty to gourmet levels.
The bright green pesto – whether made fresh or from a jar works well with sandwiches, wraps, pasta, rice, you name it.
While sriracha rules the roost in the host of spicy sauces out there, the sambal olek could easily topple the position of favourite, once you get a taste of it.
Apart from being the key ingredient in a healthy plate of hummus, tahini drizzled over a flash-fried lamb steak, served with a cranberry jam and kale salad is a meal you will keep coming back to over and over.
A vegetarian or minced meat version of this sauce can be made in large batches and frozen to put into quesadillas, sandwiches or even lathered on top of rice for a filling lunchbox meal, that is easy to carry to work.
No one has the time or patience to be slaving by the stovetop in order to turn a whole bunch of onions into a deliciously aromatic and sweet jam, that when mixed into sour cream, makes an amazing French onion dip. Add it to soups or stews for that slow-cooked flavour and you’re on your way!