Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spicy condiment used especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as sugar or coconut.
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- noun South Africa
relish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is often mixed with Spanish peppers to give a spicy product called sambal, which is consumed with rice.
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Other good choices are sayur lodeh (a vegetable curry), ayam masak merah (red curried chicken) and egg sambal, which is a Malay-style of chili sauce.
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Broadly speaking they're mostly curries, ranging from very wet and saucy to the drier type called sambal goreng kering.
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Sausages come topped with your choice of sauerkraut, caramelized onions, sweet peppers, salsa verde or a spicy Indonesian salsa called sambal balado.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010
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In Australia a typical burger may have pickled beets (yuuuuuck), sunnyside up egg, sliced pineapple, and chile paste such as sambal oelek or sriracha.
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn: Hamburger Heaven: A Taxonomy of the Different Species of Hamburger 2010
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Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade.
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Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade.
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Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade.
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Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade.
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Variation: For a spicy dish, add 1 teaspoon Asian chile sauce, such as sambal oelek, to the marinade.
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