Asian Dipping Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste, or more to taste
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil

Preparation

Stir water and sugar together in a bowl to dissolve the sugar; add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice, garlic and red chile paste, and sesame oil into the water. Stir the mixture until smooth; refrigerate until ready to serve.