Sauces

🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

Garlic Mayonnaise

Allioli

A rich garlic sauce similar to mayonnaise; the traditional Catalan version uses only garlic, salt, and olive oil emulsified without egg.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Garlic Paste

ثوم

Raw garlic emulsified with oil, lemon and salt into a stiff white paste, served with grilled chicken and in sandwiches.

🇷🇴Romania

Garlic Sauce

Mujdei

Crushed garlic beaten with water, salt and oil into a sharp, creamy sauce served with grilled meats, fish and polenta.

🇵🇸Gaza Strip, Palestine

Gazan Dagga

دقة غزاوية

A spicy, tangy tomato and dill salsa from Gaza, served cold as a condiment or dip with bread and olive oil.

🇦🇴Angola

Gindungo

Small hot chillies crushed with garlic, onion and oil — and sometimes a splash of brandy — into a fierce table sauce.

🇬🇪Georgia

Grape Must Syrup

Ბადაგი

Fresh grape juice boiled down to a dark sweet syrup at the autumn harvest, the base of churchkhela and pelamushi.

🇦🇷Argentina

Grasita Colorada

A spicy red fat sauce of pork fat, ground chili, paprika, and onions, served on top of locro. It adds a fiery, rich finish to the hearty stew.

🇨🇱Chile

Green Chili Sauce

Ají verde

Green chili sauce, often made with fresh green chilies and herbs, a popular Chilean condiment, fresh and spicy.

🇺🇸United States

Green Goddess Dressing

A creamy herb dressing of anchovy, tarragon, chives, and lemon — invented at San Francisco's Palace Hotel.

🇪🇸Canary Islands, Spain

Green Mojo Sauce

Mojo verde

A green Canary Islands sauce of coriander, parsley, green peppers, olive oil, vinegar, garlic, and sea salt, typically served with fish.

🇲🇽Oaxaca, Mexico

Guacachile

An Oaxacan green table salsa of chiles emulsified with oil, onion, garlic, and salt until creamy despite containing no avocado; served with tacos and bar snacks.

🇲🇽Mexico

Guacamole

Ripe avocado mashed with lime, onion, tomato, cilantro, and chile, served with tortilla chips or as a table condiment.

🇻🇪Venezuela

Guasacaca

Sauce of avocado blended with coriander, parsley, garlic, vinegar and oil into a loose green dressing poured over grilled meat and tostones.

🇸🇽Sint Maarten

Guavaberry Hot Sauce

Hot sauce made with guavaberries, papayas, tomatoes, sweet limes, and mild Caribbean herbs and spices; used for grilling; a Guavaberry product; a distinctive Sint Maarten condiment. Guavaberry gives this Sint Maarten bottled pepper sauce its tart, aromatic fruit note.

🇬🇳Guinea

Guinean Sauce Feuilles

Sauce feuilles

Finely crushed cassava leaves simmered with meat (beef or smoked fish), palm oil, onions, and pepper; also called saka-saka or hakô bantara; a staple sauce across Guinea, especially in the Forest Region.

🇬🇾Guyana

Guyanese Pepper Sauce

Pepper sauce

Wiri wiri and scotch bonnet peppers ground with vinegar, garlic and mustard into a fierce condiment kept on every table.

🇲🇷Senegal River Valley (Trarza / Gorgol / Guidimaka), Mauritania

Hakko

Latchiri Haako

Sauce made from leafy vegetables — bean or cowpea leaves — served with beans over couscous, drizzled with peanut sauce and olive oil; a Pulaar and Soninke dish of the Senegal River valley, the dark leaf sauce contrasting with the white couscous.

🇲🇦Morocco

Harissa

هريسة

A red chilli paste seasoned with garlic, cumin, and oil, used to sharpen Moroccan soups, tagines, and sandwiches.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Harissa

هريسة

Sun-dried red chillies pounded with garlic, caraway and coriander seed into a thick paste under a film of olive oil — recognised by UNESCO in 2022 as Tunisian heritage.

🇺🇸United States

Henry Bain

A Louisville steakhouse sauce of chutney, Worcestershire, and tomato, served at the Pendennis Club.

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Herb Sauce

Kraiderzooss

Green herb sauce of chervil, chives and parsley, the classic partner for pike.

🇨🇴Colombia

Hogao

The base of Colombian cooking: a sauce of tomatoes, scallions, garlic, and cumin, sautéed until thick. Used in stews, rice, beans, and as a topping.

🇨🇦Winnipeg, Canada

Honey Dill Sauce

Sauce miel-aneth

Manitoba condiment of mayonnaise, honey, and dried dill, accidentally invented at Winnipeg restaurant, unique to province.

🇨🇦Canada

Honey Garlic Sauce

Sauce miel-ail

Sweet garlic sauce, Canadian Chinese restaurant staple used for wings, ribs, and dipping.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce combines grated horseradish with cream or vinegar and is served with roast beef.

🇭🇺Hungary

Hot Pepper Paste

Erős pista

Erős Pista is a Hungarian hot-paprika paste made from ground peppers and served as a table condiment.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

HP Sauce

A dark, tangy brown sauce of tomato, tamarind, malt vinegar and dates, poured over fried breakfasts and bacon sandwiches.

🇺🇸United States

Italian Dressing

A vinaigrette of oil, vinegar, and Italian herbs — the bottled American pantry staple.

🇺🇸United States

Jezebel Sauce

A Southern condiment of pineapple preserves, apple jelly, horseradish, and mustard.

🇸🇳Senegal

Kaani

Hot chilli pounded with garlic, onion and lime into a rough green or red sauce spooned onto sandwiches and grilled meat.

🇹🇭Thailand

Kapi

กะปิ

Thai shrimp paste, a pungent fermented condiment essential to curries, chili pastes, and rice dishes.

🇮🇳West Bengal, India

Kasundi

কাসুন্দি

Mustard seeds are ground with salt and spices into Bengal's sharp fermented mustard sauce.

🇺🇸United States

Ketchup

The ubiquitous tomato condiment of vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices — the American table's default dip.

🇷🇺Siberia, Russia

Khrenovina Sauce

Хреновина

Khrenovina is a Siberian sauce of tomatoes, horseradish, garlic, and salt, served with meat or pelmeni.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Kochkocha

ቆጭቆጫ

A bright, herbaceous Ethiopian green sauce of finely chopped jalapeños, onions, garlic, ginger and warm spices. The cooling, fresh counterpoint to spicy awaze.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Koprová omáčka

A Czech dill sauce with beef or eggs, served with dumplings and boiled potatoes, a home and daily classic