Sauce Pimente for Aloco

Ingredients

 * tomatoes
 * onion, diced
 * garlic, crushed
 * hot peppers, diced
 * eggplant, peeled and cut into pieces
 * bouillon (chicken works great)
 * salt
 * oil

Directions

 * 1) Fry the onions with a generous amount of oil in a medium pot.
 * 2) While they are browning, pour a bowl full of water and squish the tomatoes into the water to make a juice.
 * 3) Let tomato mixture sit awhile.
 * 4) Add garlic to onions.
 * 5) When onions are opaque and slightly brown, pour tomato water into pot.
 * 6) Add eggplant, hot peppers and bouillon to taste.
 * 7) Boil until the eggplant is soft enough to smash and most of the water has boiled off.
 * 8) Smash the mixture with a fork or puree in a food processor.
 * 9) The finished product should be about the consistency of applesauce.
 * 10) If it is too thin, boil more water off.
 * 11) Salt to taste.
 * 12) If a more tomatoey sauce is desired, add about one to two tablespoons of tomato paste.