Salsa

Salsa is a condiment made from a variety of ingredients, raw or cooked, usually served at room temperature as a dip for fried corn tortilla chips and as a garnish for other dishes, savory or sweet. Salsas are typically colorful in appearance, chunky in texture, and often (but not always) hot and spicy in taste. In many ways, the salsas eaten in the United States are similar to coarsely textured condiments in other parts of the world, such as the sambals of Southeast Asia and the chutneys of India and Pakistan, as well as the relishes of America’s own Deep South.