My husband and I love the American style tomato ketchup. And the regular desi ‘Hot & Sweet’ sauce also makes an appearance to accompany Indian snacks. Making french fries and eating it with lots of ketchup is actually my favorite. But I need our good old ‘hot and sweet’ sauce for samosas or pakoras. The tomato ketchup doesn’t do justice to certain snacks.
So the last time my husband was on a Costco run, he accidently bought the assorted Heinz set which had 2 tomato ketchup bottles along with mustard sauce and relish.The sight of 2 ketchup bottles lying in the fridge bothered me. It’s too much for a household of 2, isn’t it?
I thought of using it up somehow, somewhere. So instead of buying Indian style tomato sauce from the Indian store, I decided to jazz up this regular ketchup. A little comparison with the Maggi “Hot & Sweet” sauce got me thinking. I decided to add some Indian spices to the regular Heinz ketchup to convert it into the Indian style tomato sauce. Some basic ingredients is all that you need. The sauce turned up to be delicious. The sauce turned into tangy, spicy-hot and sweet flavors that one can taste.