chilli sauce

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chilli sauce (chili sauce) Piquant sauce made from tomatoes, with spices, onions, garlic, sugar, vinegar, and salt. Similar to tomato ketchup but containing more cayenne, onion, and garlic.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

hot sauce

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hot sauce A tomato sauce with pungent flavour due to cayenne.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

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