That's an interesting one; there's a lady at work who's from Indonesia and has provided me with answers about such things before. I'll see what advice she can offer. -gregg- ---------- > From: Anna Monro <Anna.Monro@ea.gov.au> > To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com > Subject: [CH] Sambal Tumis > Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 9:07 PM > > Hi all - > > I hope this isn't one of those idiotic questions which everyone asks > when they first join the list, which will result in great flaming and > I'll never be allowed to live it down. I'm new to this, there's about > a zillion archives and I don't see a FAQ anywhere on the web pages! > > Anyway - I'm having a dinner party this weekend, using a mixture of > Thai and Malaysian recipes. One of them (for Mi Goreng, a noodle > dish) calls for Sambal Tumis, which the recipe helpfully explains is a > chili sauce. Having just looked through an Asian grocery and found > plenty of sambals (oelek etc) but not tumis, I'm wondering if it has > another name. A Web search gave me a few places in the U.S. to mail > order it from and even the odd recipe - did I mention the dinner is > this weekend?? I'm going to try a slightly bigger Asian grocery > tomorrow but after that, I'll be out of ideas. > > If there are any experts on Asian chili sauce out there, I'd > appreciate it if you could give me some clues on alternative names or > failing that, possible sambal substitutes. I'm in Canberra, > Australia, where there are a number of Asian groceries to search - but > you might want to keep my location in mind before you advise me ! > > > Cheers, > > Anna Monro