Cooking - some basic tomato pasta sauce

A guy friend said to me the other day - I have no idea how to cook but I am quite domesticated because I can clean and do other stuff. He said he could do "cooking" stuff like toast his bread and boil water for his Maggi mee, but nothing particularly high tech or high end cooking.

So this recipe for some sort of basic vegetarian tomato pasta sauce is for Julz who made this confession. This method of cooking is what I call the guess or "agak-agak" method for the proportion of the ingredients.

Ingredient list:

olive oil or any sort of cooking oil

1 or 2 large onions, chopped

3 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 large can of chopped tomatoes

3 or 4 celery sticks

2 carrots

italian seasoning

salt and sugar

Method:

Chop the onions, garlic, celery and carrots. No particular method except that they should be in small bits about the size of peas.

In a large saucepan, heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add the onions and garlic and cook till translucent. Stir with a wooden spoon to prevent burning or sticking. Add the large can of chopped tomatoes and add 1/2 can of water and bring to low simmer. Add the italian seasoning, chopped celery and carrots and simmer for about 20 minutes till the vegetables are soft. Add some salt and sugar to taste.

To serve:

Add freshly chopped basil and scatter over sauce and pasta with some fresh ground black pepper and grated cheese.

The sauce will taste better the day after it is cooked.

Not so difficult actually - I wonder if Julz knows how to boil pasta. Maybe Maggi mee could be upgraded at this rate!!

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