Schezwan Sauce

Ingredients

Onion (Finely chopped)- 150 gm

Ginger (Finely chopped) - 150 gm

Garlic (Finely chopped) - 100 gm

Celery (Finely chopped) - 150 gm

Star Aniseed  (Powdered) -10 gm

Dried Red Chilly (Paste) -500 gm

Tomato Ketchup - 500 gm

Thai Chili Sauce - 200 gm

Vinegar - 200 gm

Cooking Oil - 250 gm (Approx 1 full cup)

Sugar - 100 gm (Approx  7 tbs)

Salt  - to taste 

Preparation

Soak the dried chilly in the water for about 1 hr  and make a fine paste.

Heat the oil in a fairly large pan ,add onions and cook until brown in color.

Add the star  aniseed, ginger,garlic and celery and cook until it turns more dark brown in color.

Take care not to burn

Add chilly paste,ketchup, and chilly sauce cook for a while combining well.

Add sugar,seasoning and vinegar ,cook for a few minutes to correct consistency.

(If you want to add MSG (3gm) and Food Color (1 tsp) you can add in the last step. I did not add both the ingredients )

The Quantity of the  Schezwan sauce will be around 1.5 kg. And the sauce we can keep it in refrigerator for long term and can use for different dishes .