Tomatada (Peruvian Recipe)

Our sweet Peruvian empleada, Celia, taught me to make this dish.  It's delicious!

Ingredients:
4 large tomatoes, peeled and pulp removed
1 clove of garlic, minced
1-2 tsp. Salt
3 tablespoons tomato sauce
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 Tbsp. Vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cumin
4 thinly sliced steaks
salt and pepper
Fine bread Crumbs mixed w/ some flour and garlic powder.
oil
1 1/4 cup water, divided
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 onion, sliced
4 potatoes
1 tsp. oregano
Rice, prepared according to package directions.

Preparation:
1.  Heat garlic in a large pot with some oil.  Add tomato, 1 cup water, tomato sauce, pepper, vinegar, sugar, and cumin.  Simmer, covered, until creamy.  Add more water if need be.
2. Salt and pepper the steak on both sides, then put the bread crumb mixture on both sides of it.
3.  Heat some oil in a frying pan and fry the steaks until browned on both sides.
4. Add soy sauce to the tomato mixture and simmer covered for 5 more minutes, then add onion and oregano.
5.  Remove some sauce, place meat in the sauce, and cover with the sauce you removed.  Salt and pepper a bit and then add 1/4 cup water and cover and simmer to finish cooking the meat.
6.  While meat mixture is simmering, peel the potatoes and slice in 1/4 inch thick slices.  Fry them in a frying pan with enough oil to just about cover them.  Fry on each side until starting to brown (about 3-4 minutes total).  Dry potatoes on paper towel after fried, and then salt them.

Serve meat with sauce drizzled over top, and covered with potato slices and then more sauce.  Serve with rice.

Enjoy!