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Galayet bandora

Tomatoes cooked down in olive oil with chilli and garlic to a thick sauce.

4 servings · 50 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients

Quantities for 4 servings.

  • 1.2 kg Tomatoes, ripe
  • 120 ml Olive oil
  • 6 clove Garlic
  • 3 piece Green chilli
  • 1 piece Onion
  • 4 piece Flatbreads, to serve
  • 1 tsp Dried mint
  • to taste Salt

Method

  1. Cut the tomatoes into large wedges, skins and seeds left in.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a wide pan and soften the onion in it.
  3. Add the crushed garlic and the whole green chillies and warm them a minute.
  4. Tip in the tomatoes, salt them and stew over a medium heat, stirring now and then.
  5. Crush the tomatoes with a spoon once the skins start to lift from the flesh.
  6. Reduce it fifteen minutes more, until the oil rises at the edges as a separate layer.
  7. Scatter with dried mint and serve it in the pan with flatbread.
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