Sanpo

Sanpo is a type of Otseqon condiment, a sort of thick sauce or dip. Shrimp paste and pumpkin seeds are pounded together with any of various additional ingredients. Common sanpo ingredients are:


 * Dried whole Zanthoxylum berries
 * Chilis
 * Garlic
 * Ginger
 * Fresh horseradish
 * Otseqon sunflower condiment
 * Cilantro
 * Tomatillos
 * Baked and peeled eggplant
 * Essentially anything

Sanpo is generally divided into spicy sanpos with chili peppers, horseradish-y sanpos with horseradish, and mild sanpos.

Sanpo can also be made with sunflower seeds in place of squash seeds. The seeds of other cucurbits are also sometimes used.

Sanpo is used as a dip for raw vegetables and deep-fried anything or applied as a sort of paste/sauce to grilled fish. It is one of the Otseqon foods that is eaten with essentially anything, comparable in cultural importance to lacto-fermented pickles or buckwheat flatbread.