Filipino condiments

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A number of condiments are used in Filipino cuisine. They include:

  • Achara or atsara - a sweet pickled papaya relish. Also used as a side dish.
  • Bagoong - fermented anchovy or shrimp paste, particularly popular in the dish kare-kare.
  • Banana ketchup - a sweet, red condiment made primarily of bananas.
  • Eggplant sauce - a sour sauce made of grilled eggplant, garlic and vinegar. Used in cocidos and as a side dish.
  • Liver sauce - used in roasts and the pork dish called lechon.
  • Patis. Sometimes spiced with labuyo peppers, or kalamansi lime juice, in which case it is called patismansi.
  • Sawsawang mangga - green mango relish with tomatoes and onions.
  • Sukang may sili - cane or coconut vinegar spiced with labuyo peppers.
  • Sukang may toyo - cane or coconut vinegar with soy sauce. This may also contain the very hot labuyo peppers and/or onions. Sukang may toyo is used in the pork dish crispy pata.
  • Sweet sour sauce - used on fried meats and spring rolls.
  • Toyo't Kalamansi (sometimes referred to simply as toyomansi) - soy sauce with kalamansi lime juice.