What is amba?
Amba · Arabic
Tangy pickled mango sauce with fenugreek, turmeric and chili, from Iraqi Jewish cooking.
What it tastes like
Sour, funky and fruity with the bittersweet, maple-like note of fenugreek. Bold and very yellow.
Where you’ll see it
In sabich, falafel and shawarma pitas at Israeli and Iraqi restaurants.
Related words
- achaar
- zhug
- chutney