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1504 records with their sources, across 11 categories.

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A bowl of cooked New Mexican green chile sauce with visible roasted chile and softened onion.

New Mexican green chile sauce

New Mexican green chile sauce is a cooked sauce of roasted fresh green chile, onion and garlic, thickened with a little flour and a 15-minute simmer in stock.

New Mexico
· Condiments
Photograph of Pebre.

Pebre

Pebre is a Chilean condiment with many local versions. This partial fresh tomato version follows Chile Travel’s ingredients; vinegar is optional. Sources document picante heat and variants but no fixed proportions or precise origin.

Chile
Condiments
Photograph of Miti (Fijian coconut sauce).

Miti (Fijian coconut sauce)

Miti is a fresh Fijian coconut sauce of grated coconut cream with onion, chilli, citrus and salt. It is served raw with fish and is distinct from the fermented miti of Tahiti.

Fiji
· Condiments
Whole glossy chipotle peppers in tomato adobo sauce in a rustic bowl.

Chipotle in adobo

Whole smoked-dried chipotles simmer in a tomato, vinegar and spice adobo: a Mexican condiment with smoky heat and a sauce that seasons the chile as it softens.

Mexico
· Condiments
Photograph of Prik nam pla.

Prik nam pla

Fresh sliced chillies, fish sauce and lime form a sharp Thai table condiment. Spoon a little alongside rice, eggs or other cooked dishes.

Thailand · Modern method
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Ecuadorian ají de tomate de árbol, a smooth orange tamarillo and hot-pepper sauce with cilantro flecks, served in a glass bowl.

Ají de tomate de árbol

An Ecuadorian hot sauce built on tamarillo, a tart fruit that gives a sharper, fleshier base than ordinary tomato salsa.

Ecuador · Traditional method
Condiments
A bowl and glass jar of coarse red-brown salsa macha with visible chile, peanut and sesame pieces on a warm ivory surface.

Salsa macha

Salsa macha is a Mexican chile-and-oil condiment, often coarse with garlic, peanuts and sesame; this version follows a documented gentle-cook method and stays refrigerated.

Orizaba · Modern adaptation
· Condiments
Small bowl of freshly pounded Thai chilli vinegar with red chilli flecks and seeds, beside a stone mortar and two red Thai chillies.

Pounded Thai chilli vinegar

Pailin Chongchitnant's fresh prik nam som card pounds two or three Thai chillies, optionally with garlic, before stirring in white vinegar; charring is a separate optional step.

Thailand · Modern method
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A bowl of smooth, flecked green Venezuelan guasacaca with avocado, herbs and green bell pepper nearby.

Guasacaca

Guasacaca is a Venezuelan green sauce of avocado, herbs, sweet pepper and onion, sharpened with vinegar or lime. It is served with grilled meat, arepas and empanadas.

Venezuela
Condiments
A bowl of coarse orange-red pol sambol made with grated coconut, aromatics and chilli, with lime alongside.

Pol sambol

A Sri Lankan coconut relish made from grated coconut, aromatics, chilli, lime and optional Maldive fish; a seasoned paste is folded through the coconut by hand.

Sri Lanka · Modern method
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Illustrative bowl of smooth, cooked New Mexican red chile powder sauce with a spoon; not a photograph of a specific batch.

New Mexican red chile sauce

New Mexican red chile sauce is a smooth, cooked sauce of dried red chile, thickened with a little flour and loosened with water, and used to coat enchiladas and to build chile con carne.

New Mexico
· Condiments
A bowl of Piedmontese parsley salsa verde with parsley, bread, garlic, capers, anchovy and egg on warm ivory.
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Italian salsa verde

A cold parsley sauce of capers, anchovy, garlic, olive oil and vinegar, with bread or egg in some regional versions, served across Italy with boiled meats and fish.

Piedmont
Condiments
A coarse bowl of fresh green nam jim seafood, with a prawn, lime, Thai chillies, garlic and cilantro alongside.

Nam jim seafood

A Thai seafood dipping sauce of chiles, garlic, cilantro stems, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar, pounded or briefly blended for a coarse texture.

Thailand · Modern method
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Photograph of Mojo verde.
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Mojo verde

A green sauce of garlic, cumin, green chilli and fresh coriander or parsley in olive oil and vinegar, traditionally served with fish in the Canary Islands.

Canary Islands
Condiments
Smooth homogeneous Chilean chancho en piedra freshly ground in a dark stone mortar with its pestle.

Chancho en piedra

Chancho en piedra is a Chilean sauce of tomato, garlic, cumin and chilli, ground by hand in a stone mortar. Its name refers to the stone, not to pork.

Talca
Condiments
Fresh Colombian ají picante in a white bowl, with chopped cilantro, parsley, scallion, tomato and chile in a thin vinegar dressing; served beside a fried corn empanada.

Ají picante (Colombian table ají)

A fresh Colombian table condiment of chopped herbs, scallion and tomato in a vinegar and chile base, served beside fried and filled dishes.

Colombia · Traditional method
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Golden-orange Colombian ají de uchuvas with goldenberry seeds, chile, scallion and cilantro.

Ají de uchuvas

A sweet, tart and spicy Colombian sauce of uchuva, the yellow physalis fruit, with hot pepper, scallion, cilantro and lime.

Colombia · Modern adaptation
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