Sofrito peppers, celery can replace onions, and parsley or culantro can be used in place of cilantro. In Ecuadorian cuisine, sofrito is called "refrito", and it is made of Spanish onions, cubanelle peppers, fresh tomatoes, roasted garlic, cilantro, and ground toasted cumin. In the Mexican state of Yucatán, habanero chiles are essential to the local variation of sofrito. In Puerto Rican cuisine, sofrito is mostly used when cooking rice dishes, sauces, and soups. Sofrito is closely related to "recaíto". The two main ingredients that give Puerto Rican sofrito its characteristic flavor are "recao" (culantro) and "ají dulce", but red and green
Iberian parsley frog Iberian parsley frog The Iberian parsley frog ("Pelodytes ibericus") is a species of frogs in the family Pelodytidae, known as "parsley frogs" because of their green speckles. This species is only found in Portugal and Spain; in Spanish it is known as "sapillo moteado ibérico". Adult Iberian parsley frogs attain a length of about and look very similar to the common parsley frog ("Pelodytes punctatus", its sister species) but are a little smaller with shorter limbs. The skin is smooth or granular with a scattering of dark-coloured tubercles. The dorsal surface varies from olive, greenish-brown, dark brown or greenish-grey and