Brilio.net - For spicy lovers, chili sauce is a must-have accompaniment to every dish. Chili sauce not only adds flavor, but also provides a warm, appetizing aroma. In Indonesia, various types of chili sauce come with various ingredients and unique ways of making them. From umami-rich shrimp paste chili sauce to fresh sambal matah, these chili sauce choices can add to the deliciousness of every meal.
Sambal is also often combined with fresh vegetables, creating the perfect combination of spicy and crunchy. Below are 11 sambal recipes that are ready to satisfy your spicy and appetizing cravings, ideal to accompany everyday dishes.
1. Cooked shrimp paste.
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Material:
- 2 tbsp shrimp paste, grilled
- 10 red chilies, fried
- 3 cloves of shallots, fried
- 2 cloves of garlic, fried
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp lime juice
How to make:
1. Puree the shrimp paste, red chilies, shallots, and garlic using a mortar or blender.
2. Add brown sugar, salt, and lime juice. Stir until well blended.
3. Serve the cooked shrimp paste chili sauce as an accompaniment to warm rice.
2. Torch ginger raw chili sauce.
Material:
- 10 red chilies, finely sliced
- 1 stalk of torch ginger, thinly sliced
- 3 cloves of shallot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp lime juice
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Mix the red chilies, torch ginger, shallots, and garlic in a bowl.
2. Heat coconut oil, pour it into the chili mixture.
3. Add lime juice and salt. Mix well.
4. Serve this kecombrang sambal matah with grilled fish or fried chicken.
3. Crushed onion chili sauce.
Material:
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 10 cayenne peppers
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Fry the garlic and cayenne pepper until fragrant.
2. Crush the garlic and chili in a mortar, add salt.
3. Heat the oil, pour it into the chili sauce, stir well.
4. Crushed onion chili sauce is ready to be served with rice and side dishes.
4. Spicy young mango chili sauce.
Material:
- 1 young mango, grated
- 10 cayenne peppers, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp brown sugar, grated
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Mix young mango, cayenne pepper, and brown sugar in a bowl.
2. Add lime juice and salt. Stir well until combined.
3. Spicy young mango sambal is ready to be served as a side dish.
5. Padang specialty sambal lado mudo.
Material:
- 15 large green chilies
- 3 cloves of shallots
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
How to make:
1. Puree the green chilies, shallots, and garlic.
2. Mix with salt, sugar, and lime juice. Stir well.
3. Sambal lado mudo is ready to be enjoyed with rice and Padang side dishes.
6. Manadonese dabu-dabu chili sauce.
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Material:
- 5 red chilies, finely sliced
- 5 cayenne peppers, finely sliced
- 3 cloves of shallot, thinly sliced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Pour hot cooking oil into the chili mixture.
3. Mix well and serve as a complement to seafood.
7. Tempeh chili sauce.
Material:
- 200 gr tempeh, fried and mashed
- 10 red chilies, finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tsp shrimp paste
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Saute the chilies and garlic until fragrant.
2. Add tempeh, shrimp paste, sugar and salt. Stir well.
3. Cook until the spices are absorbed and the chili sauce is ready to serve.
8. Chili sauce, sliced bird's eye chili.
Material:
- 5 tbsp sweet soy sauce
- 5 cayenne peppers, finely sliced
- 1 clove of red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp lime juice
How to make:
1. Mix sweet soy sauce, cayenne pepper, and shallots in a bowl.
2. Add lime juice, stir well.
3. Soy sauce chili sauce is ready to be served with fried foods.
9. Sundanese special kencur chili sauce.
Material:
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 10 cayenne peppers
- 1 tbsp kencur, finely ground
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
How to make:
1. Puree the garlic and cayenne pepper.
2. Mix with kencur and salt. Stir well.
3. Heat the oil, pour in the chili sauce and serve.
10. Shrimp paste chili sauce.
Material:
- 3 tbsp shrimp paste, grilled
- 10 red chilies, fried
- 2 cloves of shallot, fried
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Puree the shrimp paste, red chilies, and shallots.
2. Add sugar and salt, mix well.
3. Terasi bajawa chili sauce is ready to accompany the side dishes.
11. Fried green jengkol chili sauce.
Material:
- 200 gr jengkol, fried
- 10 green chilies
- 5 cloves of shallots
- 3 cloves of garlic
- Salt to taste
How to make:
1. Puree the green chilies, shallots, and garlic.
2. Mix with fried jengkol and salt. Stir well.
3. Green jengkol chili sauce is ready to be enjoyed with rice.