After the green chilly sauce I posted yesterday, I also made the red chilly sauce. This is almost like the green chilly sauce but with little variations. I made a paneer dish with both sauces and we just loved them. It is so much better than the pricey store bought sauces. You can store these in refrigerator for three months because of the vinegar in the sauce. The reason why I chose to make these sauces was because of my paleo diet.
The store bought sauces have so many ingredients which we can’t have during paleo. So I had to come up with versions with paleo approved ingredients. Dieting or no, these sauces can be made at home and relished as dips too. I have used red wine vinegar to make this sauce. It is just for flavour. If you don’t have it, go for apple cider vinegar or plain vinegar. They all add the required tang to the sauce. You can use it in all Indo Chinese dishes like fried rice, manchurians and noodles. They certainly add a great flavour to the final dish.
Ingredients:
Dried Red Chilly – 100 gm
Ghee – 2 tbs
Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
Ginger – 2″ piece
Garlic – One whole Bulb
Salt – to taste
Red Wine Vinegar – 3/4 cup
Procedure:
In a pan heat ghee and add cumin seeds.
When they crackle, add in ginger, garlic and red chillies.
Sauté for a few minutes on low flame.
Add salt and 1/2 cup of water.
Cover and cook on low flame until the chillies are nicely soaked and there is very less water left.
Remove from flame and allow it to cool down completely.
Add this to mixer jar and grind it to a fine paste adding the vinegar 1/4 cup at a time.
Transfer to jar and store in refrigerator.
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM#74

Homemade Red Chilly Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 100 gm Dried Red Chilly
- 2 tbs Ghee
- 2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 2" piece Ginger
- 1 Whole Bulb Garlic
- Salt to taste
- 3/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
Instructions
- Procedure:
- In a pan heat ghee and add cumin seeds.
- When they crackle, add in ginger, garlic and red chillies.
- Sauté for a few minutes on low flame.
- Add salt and 1/2 cup of water.
- Cover and cook on low flame until the chillies are nicely soaked and there is very less water left.
- Remove from flame and allow it to cool down completely.
- Add this to mixer jar and grind it to a fine paste adding the vinegar 1/4 cup at a time.
- Transfer to jar and store in refrigerator.
Looks like store bought chili sauce only!! Well done!!
Very interesting to note soy sauce being used in this as well…I am sure this homemade sauce is so much more tastier than store bough!
Luks great… Any other alternative for red wine vinegar?
You can either use apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
Thank u so much. Vl definitely try vth apple cider vinegar
looks like thick tomato chutney. home made is always better. recipe noted.
I make it the same way Gayathri, love the homemade taste.
Making this at home is far better than buying the bottle in the store.
I do red chilly sauce almost like this, fantastic condiment.
I love it wish I could grab the bottle.
Nice condiment Gayathri.Looks so much better than the store bought stuff.
With you around, even diets seem like treats. Have to try this soon!
Wow, what a fiery and spicy red chili sauce.
Hi gayathri,
Can we use store soy sauce in paleo?
Thanks
No, any soy based product is not allowed. This was my post during my earlier days. Will change the recipe.
Lovely and so easy to be made.. Thanx Gayatri
Hi gayu, looking good, easy to prepare.
is this need to store in fridge?
Yes, you need to store this in fridge for long shelf life.
Homemade Red Chilly Sauce Recipe – very eassy Recipe thanks
Though I don’t like any types of chilli. But just for a change, I tried this recipe. It’s awesome. Such a flavor and taste. Thanks for sharing
I will also try it at home Homemade Red Chilly Sauce Recipe