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.

