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A fully visible bowl of glossy orange-red Thai sweet chilli sauce with chilli and garlic flecks, centered on a wooden table.

Cooked sweet chilli sauce

A cooked Thai-style sweet chilli dip combines red chillies, garlic, sugar and vinegar, then uses a small cornflour slurry to give this batch a glossy, spoonable body.

Thailand
Original coarse Bavarian-style sweet mustard served in a plain bowl, showing visible yellow and brown mustard seeds.

Bavarian sweet-inspired mustard

A coarse, sweet Bavarian-style mustard of yellow and brown seed in a cooked brown-sugar and vinegar base, made to eat with Weisswurst; an original refrigerated formula.

Bavaria · Modern adaptation
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Photograph of Soijim.
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Soijim

The sour liquid that forms during Manipuri Soidon fermentation, kept to start the next batch and used to sour curries.

Manipur, India
A small ceramic bowl of smooth pale-golden Czech-style prepared mustard with a plain spoon beside it.

Classic Czech prepared mustard

A mild, creamy Czech-style table mustard made from ground seed, vinegar, water, salt and a little sweetness. This home version follows a Czech Television formula and is not a copy of SPAK’s proprietary product.

Czechia
Thick pale eggless Catalan allioli in a yellow ceramic mortar, with its wooden pestle, garlic and olive oil nearby.

Allioli (Catalan garlic emulsion)

Traditional Catalan allioli is a dense emulsion of garlic, olive oil and salt made slowly in a mortar. This measured Barcelona-style version keeps egg-based garlic mayonnaise distinct.


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A modern illustrative reconstruction of Hypotrimma: a thick cheese condiment with herbs, pine nuts, raisins and dates in a stoneware bowl.

Hypotrimma

Hypotrimma was a Roman condiment in Apicius's cookery book, a mixture of ground pepper, herbs, nuts, dried fruit, cheese, honey and fish sauce.

Rome
Condiments
Photograph of Shoyu-koji.

Shoyu-koji

A Japanese kitchen condiment of rice koji matured in soy sauce until the grains turn soft and sweet. The same name also means the mould-grown soybean and wheat used to brew soy sauce.

Japan · Modern method
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A coarse red-orange bowl of Mazavaroo, a Mauritian chilli paste with visible chilli flecks and seeds.

Mazavaroo

Mazavaroo is a Mauritian hot chilli paste of fresh chillies, garlic, salt and oil with lemon or lime. It is kept refrigerated, and the reviewed recipes say it should rest for days before use.

Mauritius
Condiments
Photograph of Satini kotomili.

Satini kotomili

A fresh Mauritian coriander chutney, blended with oil, green onion, chilli and lime, and served beside curry.

Mauritius
Condiments
A bowl of thick golden Danish remoulade with finely chopped pickled vegetables on a warm ivory surface.

Remoulade (Danish)

Danish remoulade is a thick, yellow, mayonnaise-based sauce flecked with finely chopped pickled vegetables. Arla’s quick home version stirs piccalilli remoulade purée with mayonnaise, crème fraîche, diced apple and capers.

Denmark · Modern method
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Thick ivory blue cheese dressing with visible cheese crumbles in a ceramic bowl

Blue cheese dressing

Blue cheese dressing is a creamy dressing built on crumbled blue cheese mashed into buttermilk, with sour cream, mayonnaise, vinegar and seasoning, and kept cold for up to two weeks.

United States
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Smooth golden-orange passion-fruit ají in a ceramic bowl with a spoon, passion fruit and red pepper

Ají de maracuyá

A contemporary Ecuadorian hot sauce that pairs passion fruit juice with boiled chile peppers, oil and lime.

Ecuador · Modern adaptation
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Photograph of Skordalia.

Skordalia

A thick Greek garlic purée bound with olive oil and a starch of potato, walnut, almond or soaked bread, served with fried fish and vegetables.

Greece
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Photograph of Rouille.
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Rouille

A strongly flavoured Provencal garlic sauce of chilli or cayenne, saffron, olive oil and bread or egg, served on bread with fish soup and bouillabaisse.

Provence
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A bowl of smooth, orange-tan ají de maní with fine flecks on warm ivory.

Ají de maní

A spicy peanut hot sauce from the Popayán and Cauca region of Colombia, traditionally served with pipián empanadas and tamales.

Popayán and Cauca · Traditional method
Condiments
Creamy pale pink Thousand Island dressing with chopped pickle relish, served in a white bowl beside lettuce and tomato.

Thousand Island dressing

Thousand Island dressing is a pink, sweet-savoury dressing of mayonnaise, tomato condiment and chopped pickle relish, named for the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River, where its origin is placed.

Thousand Islands, New York
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Creamy green ají verde with herb flecks in a white ceramic bowl.

Ají verde (Peruvian green sauce)

Ají verde is a Peruvian green sauce of coriander, chilli, onion and garlic in a mayonnaise or cheese base. It is best known through Peruvian restaurant cooking abroad.

Peru
Condiments
Fresh green Ecuadorian ají criollo with chopped onion in a white bowl, with chiles, cilantro and lime nearby.

Ají criollo

A fresh, uncooked Ecuadorian table sauce of hot pepper, cilantro, garlic and lime, served with most everyday dishes.

Ecuador · Traditional method
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Photograph of Ravigote sauce.

Ravigote sauce

A French cold sauce, in its modern sense a vinaigrette with capers, parsley, chervil, tarragon and shallot or onion, served with fish, shellfish, meat and celeriac.

France
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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
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A bowl of freshly blended green Haitian epis paste with herbs, peppers, garlic and lime.

Haitian epis

A Haitian seasoning base of fresh herbs, peppers, onion, garlic, citrus and vinegar, blended to a paste, used to marinate meat and fish and to start soups, stews, rice and beans.

Haiti
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
Fresh Khamang Lasoon, a coarse orange-red Maharashtrian coconut-garlic chutney with jowar bhakri and jhunka.

Maharashtrian fresh coconut-garlic chutney

A fresh Maharashtrian chutney of wet coconut and garlic, ground with chilli and salt and finished with lemon; Royal Chef Sujata serves it with jhunka-bhakri.

Maharashtra · Modern method
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Coarse gomashio made from toasted tan and black sesame seeds with sea salt in a small pale ceramic bowl, with a ridged mortar and wooden pestle behind it.

Gomashio

Toasted sesame seeds and sea salt are ground together into a coarse seasoning for rice. This small pan-roasted batch keeps most of the seed texture.

Japan · Modern method
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Canarian mojo rojo in a terracotta bowl served beside papas arrugadas.
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Mojo rojo

A red sauce of garlic, dried or fresh red pepper, paprika and cumin in olive oil and vinegar, served with salt-cooked potatoes across the Canary Islands.

Canary Islands
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Photograph of Koikuchi soy sauce.
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Koikuchi soy sauce

Japan's standard all-purpose soy sauce: soybeans and wheat grown over with koji mould, brined, fermented for months, pressed and usually heated into a reddish-brown, savoury liquid.

Japan · Traditional method
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A small bowl of pale fermented coconut mitihue with fine coconut texture
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Mitihue

A documentary account of Tahitian mitihue, a fermented coconut condiment traditionally associated with freshwater prawns. It records cultural context and source-reported risks without giving a household preparation method.

French Polynesia
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Finished mole poblano sauce, glossy reddish-brown with toasted sesame in a shallow clay cazuela.

Mole poblano

A complex Mexican sauce from Puebla of dried chiles, nuts, seeds, spices and often chocolate, roasted, ground and simmered for a long time. Chocolate is one component, not its definition.

Puebla · Traditional method
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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
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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
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Finished moist Andhra peanut chutney with tomato and finely chopped raw onion in a plain bowl.

Palli pachadi

A moist Andhra peanut chutney: roasted groundnuts ground with fried dried chillies and tamarind, folded into a roasted tomato-and-spice mix with raw onion, and eaten with khichdi, attu or idli.

Rayalaseema · Traditional method
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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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A thick, glossy red-brown kinema and tomato achar in a shallow ivory bowl, finished with sliced red onion and coriander.

Kinema tomato achar

Kinema ra golbheda ko achar combines already-fermented soybean kinema with tomatoes, onion, garlic and spices, finished with sesame powder and fresh garnish, and is eaten with rice or toast.

Nepal · Modern method
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Pale beige Amabito no Moshio seaweed salt in a ceramic dish beside dried hondawara.

Amabito no Moshio

Amabito no Moshio is a modern, pale beige Japanese seaweed salt made from Seto Inland Sea water and hondawara seaweed. Its documented factory method concentrates filtered brine in kettles, then separates and dries the salt.

Kamikamagari Island
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Smooth dark reddish-brown tamarind-date chutney served in a plain ceramic bowl with a spoon.

Simmered tamarind-date chutney

A sweet-sour cooked chutney of tamarind, dates, jaggery, ginger and roasted cumin. An untested measured batch is given beside four documented Indian formulas and their storage claims.

India · Modern method
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Dry reddish-brown Maharashtrian tilachi chutney powder, made with sesame and coconut, in a small ceramic bowl.

Tilachi chutney

A Maharashtrian dry chutney of slowly roasted sesame and coconut ground fine with garlic, chilli powder, cumin, tamarind and sugar, kept in a bottle and eaten as a winter side.

Maharashtra · Traditional method
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A bowl of thick, chunky red-orange lyutenitsa, a cooked pepper and tomato relish, with bread as serving context.

Lyutenitsa (lutenica)

A Balkan relish of cooked peppers, tomatoes, aubergine and garlic in oil, sometimes made hot, served cold and named for its spiciness.

Bulgaria
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Fresh bright-green Pesto Genovese in a white marble mortar with a wooden pestle, basil and pine nuts.

Pesto Genovese

Pesto Genovese is a Ligurian uncooked basil sauce pounded with garlic, pine nuts, salt, hard cheeses and olive oil, traditionally made in a mortar.

Liguria · Traditional method
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Photograph of Tapenade (Marseille).

Tapenade (Marseille)

A Provençal olive spread built around olives and capers, with anchovy, garlic, lemon and olive oil in Marseille’s current recipe. Both coarse and finely worked versions are documented.

Marseille · Traditional method
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Fresh amber ponzu-shoyu in a glass bowl beside citrus and a small dish of optional kombu and bonito.

Fresh ponzu-shoyu

This fresh ponzu-shoyu mixes Japanese koikuchi soy sauce with yuzu or a lemon-lime blend, rice vinegar, water and sugar; optional kombu and bonito give a short chilled infusion.

Japan · Modern method
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An illustrative modern reconstruction of cooked Byzantine murrī: thick dark brown paste with a quince wedge and walnuts in a plain pottery dish.

Byzantine murrī

Byzantine murrī is a cooked imitation of murrī from the medieval Arabic repertoire, made from scorched honey, toasted bread, walnuts, quince, carob and spices rather than from a long grain fermentation.


Condiments
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
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A bowl of thick, pale garlic toum with peeled garlic cloves nearby
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Toum

Toum is a Lebanese garlic-and-oil emulsion: raw garlic, salt, lemon and a little water are processed into a dense, pale, egg-free sauce. Slow oil addition builds its fluffy texture; it is served with grilled foods, sandwiches and mezze.

Lebanon
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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
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A bowl of coarse amber-brown Andhra allam pachadi, a ginger chutney with visible browned urad dal flecks.

Allam pachadi

An Andhra ginger-and-urad chutney in which browned dal and briefly fried ginger and chillies are cooled, then ground with jaggery to a coarse paste.

Andhra Pradesh · Modern method
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A bowl of glossy pale-golden Japanese mayonnaise with pasteurized egg yolks, neutral oil, rice vinegar and lemon shown separately.

Japanese mayonnaise

A one-cup Japanese mayonnaise batch made in a small food processor with pasteurized room-temperature egg yolks and oil added in three stages around the seasonings and acids.

Japan · Modern adaptation
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A small plain ceramic bowl of thick brown Filipino lechon sauce with canned liver spread, on a wooden table.

Lechon sauce with canned liver spread

A cooked Filipino roast-meat sauce thickened from canned liver spread, vinegar, water, sugar and breadcrumbs, with browned garlic and softened onion.

Philippines · Modern method
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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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Thin red fermented pepper sauce in a glass cruet with fresh red peppers on a warm ivory background.
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Hot sauce (fermented pepper)

Fresh hot peppers ferment beneath a measured salt brine, then become a bright, tangy sauce blended from the peppers and their liquor.

Louisiana
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