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Sauces & Sambals

Chilli pastes, known under the general category of sambal, accompany almost every Indonesian dish. There are many types of sambal, which use different types of green and red chillies blended with other ingredients.

Sauces & Sambals

Sambal Pecel: Peanut Sauce with Lime Leaves and Kencur (Vegan)

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
A spicy peanut-based sauce that’s creamy and slightly tart, enjoyed with a boiled vegetable salad (pecel) and as a dip for fried snacks.
Sauces & Sambals

Sambal Rebon: Dried Tiny-Shrimp Sambal

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
A sambal made of dried super-tiny shrimp, or rebon. Here, rebon is fried with shallots and chillies to give a crunchy, spicy condiment.
Sauces & Sambals

Nunuk’s Sambal Dabu-Dabu Lilang: Manado Chopped Chilli & Lime Sambal (Vegan)

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
A chopped chilli sambal from Manado. This version uses lime zest and green tomatoes for extra freshness, complementing the coconut oil.
Sauces & Sambals

Deyana’s Sambal Dabu-Dabu Lilang: Manado Chopped Chilli & Lime Sambal (Vegan)

Deyana Goh -
Sambal dabu-dabu is a popular recipe from Sulawesi. Hot oil and lime juice are poured over a mix of chopped chillies, tomatoes and shallots.
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Sambal Tempe: Mashed Tempeh Sambal (Vegan)

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
Sambal tempe is a bold, vibrant dish full of flavour. The recipe calls for frying tempeh, then coarsely mashing it with chillies and garlic.
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Sambal Kecap: Sweet Soy Sauce Sambal

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
Recipe for sambal kecap: an easy, spicy condiment of sweet soy sauce, chilies, and shallots. It is potent and devilishly addictive.
Sauces & Sambals

Sambal Andaliman: Batak Green Chilli Sambal with Andaliman Peppers

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
The signature sambal of the Batak people of North Sumatra. It uses green chilies and andaliman peppers found in the Sumatran highlands.
Sauces & Sambals

Sambal Pencok: Sundanese Spicy Sambal with Long Beans

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
Recipe for a potent raw Sundanese sambal made of chillies, lesser galangal, and garlic, topped with fresh long beans that add a crunch.
Sauces & Sambals

Sambal Embe: Balinese Fried Shallots Sambal

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
Sambal embe is a special sambal recipe originating from the island of paradise, Bali. It is not as famous as sambal matah, but it...
Sauces & Sambals

Sambal Cibiuk: Sundanese Basil Sambal

Nunuk Sri Rahayu -
All over Indonesia, it’s common knowledge that the Sundanese of West Java love eating raw or boiled vegetables, known as lalapan, with fresh, fiery...
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