Well if you are cooking everything from raw state it takes time and hard work however as always in the city you can cheat from the store.
So you need -
1 jar of tomato paste ( take a smaller one if you are cooking for 2-4 people 200-300 g will be more than enough )
1 jar of skinned grilled/roasted red peppers - the ratio pepper to tomato paste should be 2:1 ( on 300g tomatoes about 600g red peppers )
1-2 pieces of garlic ( optional )
salt less than a teaspoon but mainly on taste
sugar - twice the amount of salt
black pepper just a pinch
about 50-100 ml sunflower/olive oil ( more like 50 but it really depends if the red pepper come in oil as they usually do use oil from them )
few leafs of Parsley ( optional but it adds to the presentation )
How to -
Put the red peppers in the blender and make paste but with some grain ( with some chunks ) so don’t overblender it .
Chop the garlic and parsley to small pieces.
Put a pan on the stove ( should be big enough so it can take both the tomatoes and peppers at the same time and you to be able to stir them ).
Put the oil first, then the peppers and tomatoes next. While it is getting to a temperature put the salt, black pepper and sugar in. ( all the ingredients are cooked before that so don’t be afraid to taste it ).
Put the garlic and begin with the stirring.
Should stir slow at first while it is still heating and gradually increase the intensity of stirring, ones bubbles start coming out you should put it out of heat and continue stirring until it settles down
DO NOT STOP STIRRING UNTIL 2 MINUTES AFTER YOU GET IT OUT OF THE HEAT! ( well maybe not 2 minutes but yeah stir until it settles )
While it is cooling down put the parsley and stir it so it gets everywhere.
Serve with white cheese ( preferably more salty one ).
notes - the heating should continue until it is somewhat thick paste, main indicator is lack of liquid however if you overdo it, it will become too thick and it may burn so once you feel it is getting hard to stir or it is thick enough get it out of the stove.
garlic and parsley are optional, depending on the region there are recipes with eggplant, carrot and onions however to keep it easy to do and finding ingredients this is probably the most simple recipe.
EDIT : Missed to say it is usually eaten when its cooled down but it can also be eaten while mildly hot ( don’t burn yourself ). So you can make it today and eat it the next morning. You can also make bigger batches and store them in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for a lot of time just remember to take it out a day before serving so it can warm up.