Bottled sauces have long been a mainstay as a food mix. In addition to adding flavor, sauces are also often used to enrich the texture of food to make it thicker. From tomato sauce to chili sauce, these products offer convenience and consistent taste.
Although widely sold in the market, many people choose to make it themselves at home. The basic ingredient used is usually fresh tomatoes. These tomatoes also give the sauce a fresh red color and thick texture.
But now, many people are using other alternatives when making sauces, such as Instagram user @trihartatiiii. Through one of the videos uploaded, this woman named Tri Hartati admitted that she did not use tomatoes when making homemade sauce. Reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @trihartatiiii on Friday (7/11), she instead chose papaya as the basic ingredient for making bottled sauce.
Papaya's natural sweet and slightly sour flavor makes it a versatile ingredient for a variety of sauces. This flavor can easily be combined with a variety of herbs and spices to create complex and interesting flavor profiles. Therefore, papaya is suitable for use in making a variety of sauces.
photo: Instagram/@trihartatiiii
How to use it, peel 1 ripe papaya and remove the seeds. Then cut it into small pieces. After that, steam the papaya together with other spices, such as 1 handful of shallots, 1/2 handful of garlic, red chili, and cayenne pepper to taste. Well, the function of steaming is to make the papaya and other spices not smell bad.
photo: Instagram/@trihartatiiii
When it is cooked, put all the ingredients in a blender. Then add water, then blend until smooth. Next, strain the papaya juice and cook in a teflon pan. Don't forget to add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of MSG if you like to make it taste even more savory. Then cook until it really shrinks or thickens.
photo: Instagram/@trihartatiiii
When it thickens, add 1 tbsp of vinegar to make the sauce last longer. Then cook again briefly until it boils again. After that, turn off the stove and let it cool. Then transfer it into a sauce bottle. If stored in the refrigerator, this sauce can last up to 1 week.
The upload on how to make this sauce has received more than 16 million views since it was uploaded on November 30. It is no wonder that many other Instagram account owners are interested and also provide direct responses in the comments column. Most of these netizens admitted to being interested in trying it directly.
" Sis, I made it and it worked, thank you for sharing ," said Instagram user @hentiniki.
" My mother said there was a sauce made from papaya. At first I didn't believe it, but it turned out there really was a sauce made from papaya ," explained Instagram @kulinerbunda4.
" Wow, I can try it ," commented the Instagram account @novita._.sari.
" Wow, this could be an alternative for my father who has kidney disease because he is not allowed to consume many tomatoes ," wrote the Instagram account @putriannisav_.
" WOW, THIS IS THE RECIPE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!! Thank you so much Sis. I can eat chicken noodles and fried foods safely, comfortably, without any additional preservatives ," said Instagram @tyassatyo.