What I get here is: Sambal Oelek, which mostly seems to be just ground chiles and salt. The Chinese restaurants serve the same thing, but stirred in oil. and Sambal Badjak, which is chile paste fried in oil with onions (and maybe other spices). This is quite mild. Does someone know what the names mean? Kris On 17 Dec 01, Sunny Conley wrote: > Sambal, also known as sambal bajak (or badjak), is simply a paste of > hot chile pepers, various spices and lime juice. Other ingredients > also can be added. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Morrissey" <Jim@berk.com> To: > <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:21 PM > Subject: [CH] Sambal > > > > I am in need of some advice concerning, sambal. I believe it is a > > combination of chopped chiles, but not real sure.