Indonesian
Sambal Ijo (Padang Green Chili Sambal)
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Sambal Ijo (Padang Green Chili Sambal) is Indonesian home cooking, eaten at 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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Steam the green chilies, tomato, shallots, and garlic together until softened, about 8 minutes.
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Coarsely pound or pulse the steamed vegetables into a chunky paste.
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Heat the oil in a small pan and fry the paste briefly over medium heat until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
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Season with the salt and lime juice.
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Serve at room temperature 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 Ijo (Padang Green Chili 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 Ijo (Padang Green Chili 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
- 110 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 150 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sambal Ijo (Padang Green Chili Sambal) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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