The Food Of Hell From Indonesia
Famous as one of the best tropical countries, Indonesia provides tons of uniqueness and excitement. Its nature, culture, and art always bring millions of tourist each year. However, this time we are going to talk about one thing, Indonesia’s cuisine, in particular, Sambal.
Sambal or sambel is infamous among tourist as the food of hell for its undeniable ability to make the consumer produces tears and sweat when eating. Produced using chili as its main ingredient, sambal is indeed tasted extremely spicy.
Sambal is made by grinding ‘cabai’ or chili, along with several complements such as onion, , tomato, ‘terasi’, sugar, and salt. The ingredients are ground using traditional tool made usually from wood, rock or plastic called mortar and pestle. The texture is smooth with a vibrant color of green and red, depending on which chili you use.
Infamous among tourists for its spiciness, many tourists avoid it. However, some of them are challenged and try to eat it. Those who dare to try usually will get stomach ache or turn very red and sweaty in the face. Though super spicy, locals eat it in almost daily basis as their main meal.
Sambal has various recipes. There are about 300 varieties of sambal. It's usually served as a spicy and hot condiments for dishes, such as lalapan (raw vegetables), grilled fish, ayam penyet (smashed chicken), ayam geprek (crushed chicken), iga (ribs), and soto soup.
These days, there are so many packed sambals that are made by factories. The difference between fresh handmade sambal and packed sambal is the flavor. The fresh sambal has a vivid, distinctive, and spicy flavor from the chili, meanwhile the packed sambal has a soft flavor.
Source: Wikipedia
incorrect information :
cherry because sambal doesn't need cherry. Cherry sambal may exists, but it's not a traditional sambal recipe from Indonesia.
plastic because it's not durable enough to be used to grinding. When plastic is used to grind, it will crack.
main meal because sambal is used as only condiments for dishes, not main meal.
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