Garlic sauce in various cuisines. Mujdei is a spicy sauce in Romanian cuisine made from garlic cloves crushed and ground into a paste, salted and mixed with water and vegetable oil. Sunflower oil is almost always used. Skordalia is a thick puree (or sauce, dip, spread, etc.) in Greek cuisine made by combining crushed garlic with a bulky base—which may be a purée of potatoes, walnuts, almonds, or liquid-soaked stale bread—and then beating in olive oil to make a smooth emulsion. Vinegar is often added. Ta'leya is a garlic sauce in Egyptian cuisine made by frying garlic and adding vinegar and spices.
Green sauce Green sauce Green sauce is a family of cold, uncooked sauces based on herbs, including the Spanish and Italian "salsa verde", the French "sauce verte", the German "Grüne Soße" or "Frankfurter Grie Soß" (Frankfurt dialect), and the Argentinian "chimichurri". The Mexican "salsa verde", though also called a "green sauce", is instead based on tomatillos; the New Mexico version uses a green chile base. The basic recipe is probably from the Near East and, as such, is probably at least 2,000 years old. Roman legionaries brought it to Italy, from where it was exported to France and Germany. Evidence suggests that