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A condiment made typically of peppers, pickles, grated coconut, salt fish, or fish roe.

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Usage examples (38)
  • It is often mixed with Spanish peppers to give a spicy product called sambal, which is consumed with rice.
  • Broadly speaking they're mostly curries, ranging from very wet and saucy to the drier type called sambal goreng kering.
  • Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade.
  • Add sambal oelek, soy sauce, agave and lime juice.
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