Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1 1/2  teaspoons     salt
   2                    onions -- finely chopped
   2      cloves        garlic -- minced
   1      cup           tomato sauce
   2      tablespoons   catsup
   1      cup           water
   1      tablespoon    red-wine vinegar
   1      tablespoon    chili powder
   1      tablespoon    paprika
   1      teaspoon      black pepper
     1/2  teaspoon      ground cumin
     1/2  teaspoon      tumeric
     1/2  teaspoon      majoram
     1/2  teaspoon      allspice
     1/4  teaspoon      nutmeg
     1/2  teaspoon      cinnamon
     1/4  teaspoon      ground cloves
     1/4  teaspoon      mace
     1/4  teaspoon      ground coriander
     1/4  teaspoon      ground cardamom
     1/2                bay leaf
   1      teaspoon      honey
     1/2  ounce         unsweetened chocolate -- grate
                        tomato juice as needed

Preparation:

1. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large skillet. Heat to medium and add the first two chopped onions that appear first in the recipe, the garlic. Cook until onions are lightly browned. 2. Add tomato sauce, catsup, water and vinegar. When mixture boils, add the rest of the salt, the remaining spices and herbs, the honey and chocolate. Adjust seasonings, adding more salt if it needs perking up, more cumin for a more strident chili flavor, more cinnamon and mace if you want it more aromatic, more cardamom for more band and more chocolate for more body. 3. Cover and simmer on very low heat for about 1 hour, stirring and tasting occasionaly, adding tomato juice if it is getting too dry. It should be a thick sauce. Discard bay leaf. Adjust thickness with tomato juice.