5 Delicious Sambal Recipes for All Foods, Easy to Make!

sambal illustration (unsplash.com/@hazim_abdhalim)

Sambal is one of the favorite food accompaniments in Indonesia. Spicy, salty and sweet savory flavors in the chili sauce make the food taste even more delicious. So that the chili sauce is never absent at home.

In Indonesia, there are many types of chili sauce, some are even combined with fish or other ingredients that make the taste even more delicious.

Want to try making a different chili sauce? Try making a series of recipe creations from Fajar Alam MasterChef Indonesia 6 which he often shares via the following social media!

1. Shrimp sauce

sambal ebi (instagram.com/don_masak)

Materials:

• 8 large red chilies
• 10 shallots
• 10 cloves of garlic
• 25 red bird's eye chilies

Other Ingredients:

• 100 grams of ebi
• 1/4 tsp flavoring
• 1/4 tsp salt

How to make:

1. Soak the prawns in hot water, let stand for 30 minutes. Then grind with a chopper, set aside
2. Also grind the red chilies, bird's eye chilies, shallots and garlic until smooth
3. Prepare a wok, heat cooking oil, sauté the prawns until cooked and fragrant
4. Add the crushed chilies. Stir, cook until cooked
5. Add salt and seasoning, taste test. After fitting, remove and serve

2. Sambal petai squid

Sambal Squid Petai (instagran.com/iindapur)

Materials:

• 1 kg of salted squid
• 500 grams of petai
• 250 grams of shallots
• 100 grams of garlic
• 500 grams of large red chilies
• 250 grams of red cayenne pepper
• 4 lemongrass stalks finely sliced
• 15 grams of finely sliced ​​lime leaves
• 50 grams of roasted shrimp paste
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp flavoring
• 1 sachet of chicken broth
• Cooking oil

How to make:

1. Boil squid for 15 minutes in boiling water. Then wash under running water, set aside
2. Boil red chilies, curly chilies, bird's eye chilies, shallots, and garlic until cooked. Remove and grind using a chopper
3. Heat the oil, add the sliced ​​lemongrass, lime leaves and petai. Cook until the petai is cooked
4. Add squid, shrimp paste, seasoning, and salt. Cook until completely cooked so that it lasts longer
5. Remove and serve with warm rice

3. Onion cob sauce

cob sauce (instagram.com/elinda90)

Materials:

• 300 grams of boiled cobs
• 100 grams of red cayenne pepper
• 3 mapped planks
• 300 grams of shallots
• 2 tsp sugar
• 3/4 tsp flavoring
• Oil to taste

How to make:

1. Fry the cobs until cooked then shred
2. Fry the chilies, shallots and garlic until cooked. Then lift and drain.
3. Prepare a pan, heat the oil. Add the crushed chilies. Cook until the chili is cooked
4. Add petai cook until cooked. Then add cobs and seasonings, cook until mixed
5. Lift and serve

4. Jambal sauce

jambal sauce (instagram.com/mabelaphoto)

Materials:

• 100 grams of jambal roti salted fish
• 30 red curly chilies
• 15 red bird's eye chilies
• 15 large red chilies
• 10 shallots
• 5 garlic
• 8 pieces of lime leaves
• 2 sticks of lemongrass
• 1 tsp shrimp paste
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp micin
• Oil to taste

How to make:

1. Heat the oil in a pan, fry the salted fish until cooked. Lift and drain.
2. Then fry the onions and chilies until cooked. Lift drain.
3. Grind the onions, shrimp paste, and all the chilies until smooth.
4. Heat the oil, sauté the sliced ​​lime leaves and lemongrass, then add the chilies that were mashed earlier
5. Add salted fish, stir briefly until cooked. Lift and serve

5. Lung Green Sambal

Lung green chili sauce (instagram.com/intankarinaijo)

Boiled lung ingredients:

• 500 grams of lung
• 5 cm crushed ginger
• 5 crushed garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp salt
• 6 bay leaves
• 8 pieces of lime leaves
• Enough water

Sambal Ingredients:

• 200 grams of large green chilies
• 50 grams of green cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp flavoring
• 6 shallots
• 5 pieces of lime leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• Right amount of oil

How to make:

1. Boil the lungs that have been washed in water, add crushed ginger, garlic, bay leaves, lime leaves, and salt. Cook for 45 minutes until tender
2. Remove the lungs and cut into cubes or according to taste
3. Boil green chilies, bird's eye chilies and shallots for 10 minutes. Remove and grind roughly using a chopper
4. Prepare a frying pan. Give lung cooking oil until dry, add lime leaves. Sauté until the lime leaves are dry
5. Then add the diuleg chili sauce. Season with salt and seasoning. Stir well until cooked. Lift and serve

Most Indonesian people really like chili sauce. It's no wonder that the chili sauce creation idea above can really pay off if it's sold, you know. How interested?

(irp/Maz)