Knowing how to pick and choose can be a big help. Sambal oelek and sriracha are like cousin sauces — both originating in Asia, candy apple red, and the ingredients are fairly similar ...

Heat the peanut oil in a medium nonstick sauté pan, add the onion and garlic, and sauté until the onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the peanuts, ginger, chiles, and chile powder to the ...

Take a tasty tour of popular Asian sauces, including sambal terasi and mala sauce, that have become essential components in the region's cuisine.

Who doesn’t love a good kam heong lala? The juicy morsels of local clams, mildly sweet and briny, tossed in the classic ...

Leave plenty of time for soaking both the dried chillies and the clams. To make the sambal, put the chillies in a bowl of lukewarm water. Leave to soak until soft and fully rehydrated (about 15 ...

In Minang dialect, the term “balado” means “with chili,” so one of the main ingredients of the accompanying sambal balado is most certainly spicy red chilis. 1. Toss cut eggplant in ¼ cup ...

Out of 50 sauces, 4 Indonesian sambals made it to the list, including sambal, sambal terasi, pecel, and tomato sambal. The inclusion of Nusantara's special sauces in the rankings is in line with the ...

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