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sambal

n. (context South African English English) relish

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Sambal (drum)

The sambal is a folk membranophone instrument from Western India. It consists of two wooden drums united from a side, with skin heads stretched on their top mouths. One drum is higher in pitch than the other one. This instrument is played with two wooden sticks, one beater having a circular tip. The sambal is also a traditional drum of the Gondhali people and the konkani people.

Sambal is a traditional instrument used by the peoples who are servants of goddess Mahalaxmi Devi and used in the gondhal pooja.

Sambal (disambiguation)

Sambal is an Indonesian hot sauce. This may also refer to:

  • Sambar (dish), Indian dish
  • Sambal people, Philippine ethnolinguistic group
  • Sambalic languages, languages of the Sambal people
  • Sambal (drum), Indian percussion instrument
Sambal

Sambal is a hot sauce typically made from a mixture of variety of chili peppers with secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, lime juice, and rice vinegar or other vinegars. Sambal is an Indonesian loan-word of Javanese origin (sambel).

Various recipes of sambals usually are served as hot and spicy condiments for dishes such as lalab (raw vegetables), ikan bakar (grilled fish), ikan goreng (fried fish), ayam goreng (fried chicken), ayam penyet (smashed chicken), iga penyet (ribs) and various soto soup.

Usage examples of "sambal".

She had tried sambal once and avoided the spicy dish on principle ever since.

Chenaol makes dreadful sambal, and you all eat it at every house we visit.

This is seasoned to taste with a fiery sambal of macadamia nuts, shrimp paste, and a squeeze of fresh lime.