
Banana ketchup in a Filipino-inspired direction
A sweet-hot table sauce of ripe banana simmered with vinegar, sugar, onion, garlic and fresh chilli, in the manner of Philippine banana ketchup. An untested development batch of about 500 g.
1504 records with their sources, across 11 categories.

A sweet-hot table sauce of ripe banana simmered with vinegar, sugar, onion, garlic and fresh chilli, in the manner of Philippine banana ketchup. An untested development batch of about 500 g.

Ata dindin is the Yoruba fried pepper sauce: chillies, red bell pepper and onion blended and cooked down in oil until the oil separates. The same name is also given to a finished stew built on it.

A Burkina Faso sorghum beer brewed from malted grain, soured by a spontaneous lactic stage and then fermented with a traditional yeast leaven.

Beyaz peynir is a Turkish white cheese matured in brine. Sheep milk, alone or mixed with other milks, gives a close-textured cheese cut into blocks and packed in cans.

A contemporary Ecuadorian recipe simmers jora flour with spices, then adds panela and pineapple peel before a short spontaneous ferment. Its particular aromatics and measurements belong to this published adaptation.

A Chinese fermented soybean condiment in which Bacillus-led bacteria, not moulds, drive the fermentation. Documented in Zunyi, Guizhou, and kept separate from mould-led douchi.

Meat-trim koji garum is a savoury liquid seasoning made by holding meat scraps with rice koji, salt and water at steady warmth before straining the mash.

Unfed sourdough starter flavours a soft pretzel dough raised with instant yeast. After a short rest, the dough is shaped, brushed with a sweet wash, salted and baked without a final proof.

Cooked rice, rice koji and water are held warm for hours so koji enzymes turn the rice starch to sugars, giving a naturally sweet Japanese drink with no added sugar and no second fermentation.

Whole unripe figs are softened and cooked in cinnamon and ginger syrup as a refrigerator-only South African konfyt; this method does not provide a shelf-stable canning process.

A yellow stretched-curd cheese made by acidifying, draining and kneading curd in hot brine. This small-batch kashkaval uses a commercial starter and a brine finish.

A Japanese post-fermented tea from Asahi in Toyama: mature tea leaves are steamed and fermented aerobically in turned, self-heating heaps, then dried; traditionally boiled and whisked into a foam.

A traditional Fukuoka seaweed jelly made by boiling dried egonori, sometimes with igisu, until it forms a thick extract that sets into soft sheets, eaten cold with soy sauce, vinegar and aromatic condiments.

A yeast-raised wheat ring shaped from a firm dough, briefly boiled and baked. This source-batch formula gives a gently malted crust and a chewy crumb.

Greek-style strained yogurt is cultured whole milk drained through cloth to remove whey. This modern Utah home method makes a thick yogurt from a gallon batch.

Skim milk is cultured slowly, cut into curds, warmed and drained to make fresh cottage cheese. Cold-water washing softens its flavour before cream and salt are added.

A Brazilian wheat roll with a crisp crust, this home batch uses dry baker’s yeast and a steam-assisted oven bake.

A crisp Belgian roll made from a supplier’s Croc-flour dough, mixed by hand or machine, proofed in rounds and baked with steam.

An Irish fruit-studded yeast loaf, associated in a contemporary cultural account with Halloween and often served fresh or toasted with butter.

A North Staffordshire speciality, this soft yeast-raised oat-and-wheat pancake is cooked on a pan or griddle and folded around a savoury filling.

PagkainPinoy’s 24–30 piece version twice-bakes day-old soft bread with a thin butter-and-sugar coating.

An Ainu grain drink for festivals and housewarmings, made by cooling cooked grain gruel, adding millet malt and holding it in a sake-making vessel.

A Victorian household wine of boiled sugar, lemon and bruised ginger, worked on raisins in a cask for a fortnight and finished with brandy, made nine gallons at a time.

Aam panna is a tart Indian summer drink made by cooking unripe green mango until its flesh softens, then blending the pulp with sweetener, salt and spices and diluting it with water.

Rehydrated air-dried Norwegian cod simmered until it flakes, served with boiled potatoes and carrots under a wholegrain-mustard butter whisked from the fish's own poaching liquid.

An Apatani fermented soybean food from the Ziro Valley of Arunachal Pradesh: cooked beans are wrapped in ginger leaves and left near the hearth until sticky and savoury, then eaten with rice or as a chilli-seasoned chutney.

A Myanmar soybean ferment in which cooked beans turn sticky through alkaline bacterial fermentation, then are eaten fresh or seasoned, flattened and sun-dried into savoury wafers.

A naturally fermented South Indian rice-and-urad batter, ground fine and spread thin on a hot griddle. Fermentation lightens the batter and develops its gentle tang.

Traditional Japanese sake yeast starters made from steamed rice, rice koji and water, acidified by naturally growing lactic acid bacteria. Kimoto grinds the rice mash with paddles; yamahai omits that step.

A hot, sour Andhra chutney of gongura (sorrel) leaves cooked soft and ground with fried dried chillies, garlic and onion, then finished with a hot tempering of dals, mustard and curry leaves.

Maple sugar is sap from maple trees boiled down until it granulates. Great Lakes Indigenous makers stored the concentrated sugar for later use and for exchange.

A broad account of cooked chutney traditions: fruit or vegetables combined with sugar, spices and sometimes acid, often boiled into a thick condiment. This record is historical and process context, not a formula or storage recipe.

A liquid set with a little gelatin, frozen solid, then thawed through cloth in the refrigerator so that clear liquid drips out and the cloudy gel stays behind.

A mild, set yogurt made by inoculating warm pasteurized milk with live-culture yogurt and holding it until it gels. This US extension method uses a short ingredient list and controlled incubation.

Fried or cooked food covered in a vinegar-based preparation, the heat and the externally supplied acid working together; a family of methods whose early form is a Roman instruction for treating fried fish with hot vinegar.

Apple butter is a smooth, concentrated apple preserve cooked with cider, vinegar, two sugars and spices, then hot-filled and processed in a boiling-water canner using the published jar-size and elevation schedule.

Chinese sweet fermented glutinous rice: steamed rice and a mixed jiuqu starter, where mould enzymes release sugar and yeast makes a little alcohol, eaten with its sweet liquid.

Water kefir grains culture lightly sweetened water into a tart, faintly fizzy drink, with raisins added as an optional dried-fruit nutrient. Alcohol, acidity and fermentation rate vary batch to batch.

Crushed or milled barley cooked in water until the starch softens and the mixture thickens, the plainest way a northern household turned stored grain into a meal, here with apple and hazelnut.

A green Thai custard of pandan juice, coconut milk, egg yolks and sugar, cooked over a water bath until it coats a spoon and served for dipping soft bread, toast or sticky rice.

Ivorian cassava semolina: grated cassava is fermented overnight with a traditional inoculum, pressed, sieved into granules, dried and steamed. Documented in a 2006 field study; no sole original process is established.

A protected aubergine preserve from Ciudad Real in Spain: tender fruit of the local Dealmagro variety, cooked briefly and then fermented in a vinegared, paprika-seasoned dressing.

A sweet-salty Japanese glaze of miso, mirin, sake and sugar, warmed until thick and spread on grilled tofu, eggplant, daikon or konnyaku. Regional versions in Aichi use red miso and dashi.

This quick ponzu combines soy sauce, vinegar, hon mirin, kombu, dried bonito and yuzu juice after a brief boil and a warm extraction; the recipe serves five.

Mentsuyu seasons Japanese noodles with dashi, soy sauce and mirin. Two home formulas are recorded here: a 2012 light-soy and bonito sauce, and a concentrate diluted 1:2 for dipping or 1:4 for hot soup.

A thick South African tomato-and-onion relish simmered slowly and served warm with boerewors, pap or bread.

Small whole button mushrooms cooked in an acid and oil marinade and sealed in half-pint jars for shelf storage, using the tested US home-canning method.

Kaya is a sweet Malay-rooted spread of eggs, coconut milk and sugar, scented with pandan and stirred over gentle heat until it thickens. In Singapore it is the filling of kaya toast.

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.

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.