Szechuan sauce

I got this recipe when I surfed on net. I had a trial session and it turned out nice too.

Ingredients

Dry red chillies 10

Garlic chopped 20

Ginger chopped 1 inch

Pepper powder ½ tsp

Chilli sauce 2 tsp

Soya sauce 1 tsp

Vinegar 1 tsp

Sugar ½ tsp

Warm water ½ cups

Oil 3 tbsp

Salt to taste

Preparation

1.     Soak dry red chillies in warm water overnight(remove seeds and stem part before soaking)

2.     Drain the water and grind it to a smooth paste

3.     In a pan add oil and heat it till smoky

4.     Add garlic and ginger.saute till it turns slight brown colour

5.     Add red chilli paste and sauté till oil oozes out

6.     Add salt,pepper powder,soya sauce and chilli sauce.saute once

7.     Add warm water,sugar and vinegar

8.     Stir well till sugar dissolves

Turn off the heat

Can store this in refrigerator for a week