What is the different between the gravy and the sauce?
By qouniq
@qouniq (1966)
Malaysia
May 2, 2007 2:47am CST
I am a bit confuse with the English term about the gravy and the sauce. In my language - Malay anything which we cook with some liquid will be called 'kuah' but the English term is different which we have two words for this liquid thing. How to differentiate the gravy and the sauce? For example I made a mashed potato and I made the flavored liquid to be poured on them, what we should call this liquid? Thanks
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5 responses
@samson1967 (7414)
• India
2 May 07
Sauce is prepared by manufacturing companies and they are available, preferably in bottles. Gravy is made at home with fresh ingredients. Sauce can be preserved for a long period than gravy/curry.
@samson1967 (7414)
• India
2 May 07
My explanations, holds good for Asians, some westerners call gravy also as sauce.
@brimia (6581)
• United States
2 May 07
I've heard people use the words interchangeably. When I think of gravy, I think of something opaque and thick, usually with flour in it, served with biscuits or potatoes. When I hear sauce, I think of pasta (tomato) sauce or fruit/dessert sauce.
@CinderInMySoul (4717)
• United States
2 May 07
what you put on your mashed potato is gravy.
a Sauce by definition is any liquid or semi-liquid that is put on food or to accompany food, to add flavor and/or zest.
Gravy is a TYPE of sauce.
@zahoor007 (273)
• India
2 May 07
Gravy is the less think liquid of veg or non veg dishes make in or outside the home, however sauce is a thick paste like thing made from tomato, chilly and other stuff, so it is used to eat certain food items, like sand witch, and samosa, how ever gravy is taken along with rice.
