This weekend we had a little fun. I asked for some help in becoming more and more like my people here, and of course, we all love to eat! A couple of my friends came over to cook some traditional food here. Now, first, let me tell you…they love to fry things, so that was quite an experience! But the number one thing I wanted to learn to make: Sambal.
“What is sambal?” you might ask. As far as the quantity consumed, I would liken it to ranch dressing in America. Or maybe ketchup (since that comes from tomatoes). Actually, they may consume enough of it here that it would equal the amount of ranch dressing AND ketchup consumed in America. THEY LOVE IT. And well, I do too.
It’s ingredients are simple. Some garlic, small red onion, tomato, and red pepper (cabe merah aka SPICY little guy). Now you can also add some lime (which I personally love, haha), but that’s less traditional. We were going for home with this one. All in all, a spicy and delicious sauce for just about anything you’d like. I’ll explain a little more as the pictures comes up!
My sweeeeeeeeeeet friends!
These are most of the ingredients you needed for our meal (minus chicken, rice, eggs, and a few other things).
They are skilled choppers!
My friend is slicing up the tempe (like a soybean cake). I LOVE THIS STUFF, especially when you do what we did to it….
My friend getting all the ingredients ready for Sambal. Remember how I told you this one was number one on my list? YUM.
Before and after!
It’s a “little” hot here anyways, but the kitchen heats up in a hurry! We took a little break.
So here is the finished product! Ayam Sambal (Sambal Chicken) & Tempe Goreng (Friend Tempe)! Yes, we battered & fried that soybean cake, and yes, it is DELICIOUS!
Of course, we had to have fried rice too!! Can you count how many fried things I ate last night? Yes, Jillian Michaels and I had a date after that!
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