Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

500 tomatoes;
2 pounds of green ginger, ground fine;
1 pound and a half of garlic, ground fine;
1 pound of chilies, ground fine;
1 pound of chilies, ground fine;
1 pound of salt;
3 pounds of tamarinds; and
3 quarts of vinegar

Description:

Steep the tamarinds for twelve hours in a quart of the vinegar; strain them through a sieve, rejecting the stones, and add the other two quarts of vinegar, all the ground ingredients, and salt; break the tomatoes into the mixture, and boil the whole, stirring it all the time until it thickens; remove it from the fire, and when cold strain it carefully and bottle the liquid, which is the sauce.