Types of Sauces> Tomato and Soya

Text by: Tanya Munshi

Tomato sauce

• It is probably one of the most widely used sauces all over.
• It is used both to flavour a dish, such as pasta or used as an accompaniment such as with French fries.
• Tomato sauce can be of several types. For instance, the one’s that are used in India may or may not consist of onions and garlic.

Soya sauce

• A popular ingredient and an accompaniment in Chinese cuisine is the Soya sauce.
• It is a fermented sauce, which contains ingredients from roasted soybeans, roasted grain, salt and water.
• Usually a certain amount of alcohol is also added as a preservative for the sauce.