Indonesian
Sambal Bawang (Chili Shallot Sambal)
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Sambal Bawang (Chili Shallot Sambal) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Boil the red chilies, shallots, garlic, and tomato in water for 5 minutes until softened, then drain.
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Blend or pound the boiled vegetables into a coarse paste.
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Heat the oil in a small pan and fry the paste over medium heat, stirring often, until it darkens and the oil separates, about 6 minutes.
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Season with salt and lime juice.
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Cool slightly and serve alongside the meal.
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Serve it with
A Indonesian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sambal Bawang (Chili Shallot Sambal), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Sambal Bawang (Chili Shallot Sambal) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 70 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 160 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sambal Bawang (Chili Shallot Sambal) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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