what is chamoy
mexican chamoy candies and sauces chamoy is a savory sauce famous in mexican cuisine made from pickled fruit like mango apricot or plum and made with salt water vinegar chili and sugar the origins of chamoy are unknown but it s believed to be a mexican adaptation of the japanese umeboshiin place of the ume fruit of which the umeboshi is made mexican chamoy is made using plum apricot or mango as a base fruit chamoy is prepared by packing the fruit in either dry salt or brinehe origins of chamoy are unknown but it s believed to be a mexican adaptation of the japanese umeboshi in place of the ume fruit of which the umeboshi is made mexican chamoy is made using plum apricot or mango as a base fruit chamoy is prepared by packing the fruit in either dry salt or brine