Descriptive Text About Sambal

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 taste extremely spicy.

Sambal is made by grinding ‘cabai’ or chili, along with several complements such as onion, cherry,  tomato, ‘terasi’, sugar, and salt. The ingredients are grinded using traditional tool made usually from wood or plastic. 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.

In the Indonesian archipelago, there are many varieties of sambal, more than 300 varieties. The intensity ranges from mild to very hot. Some varieties include sambal matah it is raw shallot and lemon leaves sambal of Bali origin, it contains a lot of finely chopped shallots, chopped cayenne pepper, lemon leaves, cooking oil with a dash of lime juice, sambal rujak it is rujak spicy sauce, made from palm sugar, tamarind, chili pepper and shrimp paste, and many more.
Sambal has the benefits of lose weight, heart healthy, anticancer because sambal contains capsaicin, flu drugs, resolve nasal congestion, expedite digestive system, and boost the immune system because it is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C. But eating too much sambal will result in up stomach acid, ulcer, and intestinal irritation.\

1. Sambal is made by grinding ‘cabai’ or chili, along with several complements such as onion, cherry,  tomato, ‘terasi’, sugar, and salt. (Cherry should be erased and change to lime)

2. The ingredients are grinded using traditional tool made usually from wood or plastic. (Plastic should be erased and change to stone)

3. Though super spicy, locals eat it in almost daily basis as their main meal. (As their main meal should be erased, because sambal only as additional)

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambal https://lifestyle.kompas.com/read/2011/06/30/15411978/9.Manfaat.Sehat.Makanan.Pedas
https://www.halodoc.com/blog/manfaat-bahaya-makanan-pedas-untuk-kese