Sambal Recipes

In the West, sambals have come to mean the side dishes served with a curry, but this is several steps away from the original South-east Asian term, which was, and still is, applied to number of hot, spicy relishes, sauces and similar accompaniments that are based on chilies.

Sambals are particularly popular in Indonesia, & feature strongly in the famous Rijstafel, a veritable feast which includes dozens of different dishes, & which was developed in the day when Indonesia was still the Dutch East Indies. Thank to the connection, Rijstafel is also well known & loved in the Netherlands, and bottled sambals are widely available in that country.

In Indonesia, a sambal can also be a main dish. Sambal goreng, for instance is a spicy chili sauce, which may include a variety of foods such as tiny meat balls, cubes of fish, wedges of hard-boiled eggs or vegetable.

Collections of Sambal Recipes:

1. Malay Dried Prawn Sambal

2. Indian Coriander Sambal

3. Sri Lankan Fish Sambal

4. Indonesian Chicken Sambal

5. Indonesian Egg and Prawn Sambal

6. Mint Sambal