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Matah Depression
Sambal is an Indonesian chili sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of chillis with secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste (terasi), garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. ''Sambal'' is an Indonesian loanword of Javanese origin ( ). In addition to Indonesian cuisine, sambal is also an integral part of the cuisines of Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, and Sri Lanka. It has also spread through overseas Indonesian populations to the Netherlands and Suriname. (Indonesian) Different sambal recipes 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'' soups. There are at least 212 variants of sambal in Indonesia, most of which originate in Java. History Sambal is often described as a hot and spicy Indonesian relish. However, its main ingred ...
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Sambar (dish)
Sāmbār, or Sambhar is a lentil-based vegetable spiced curry or stew, cooked with pigeon pea and tamarind broth. It originates in South Indian cuisine and is popular in other parts of India. History The recorded history of sambar is vague. According to food historian K. T. Achaya, the earliest extant reference to sambar, as "huli", can be dated to the 17th century in present-day Karnataka. ''Kanthirava Narasaraja Vijaya'', a 1648 text by the Kannada scholar Govinda Vaidya, mentions huli (puli) (literally "sourness"), a curry similar to the modern sambar, made with vegetables and toor dal. According to a legend, sambar was first made in the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom during the reign of Shahuji I (r. 1684–1712). The legend states that during a visit by Sambhaji, a king or his royal chef substituted kokum with tamarind in the traditional ''amti'' (lentil soup), and added some vegetables to it: the resulting curry was named ''sambar'' or ''sambhar'' after Sambhaji. Sourish Bha ...
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Chili Paste
Chili sauce and chili paste are condiments prepared with chili peppers. Chili sauce may be hot, sweet or a combination thereof, and may differ from hot sauce in that many sweet or mild varieties exist, which is typically lacking in hot sauces. Several varieties of chili sauce include sugar in their preparation, such as the Thai sweet chili sauce and Filipino '' agre dulce'', which adds sweetness to their flavor profile.'' Handbook of Vegetable Preservation and Processing''
pp. 162–164.
''The Asian Grocery Store Demystified'', Linda Bladholm
pp. 58–61.

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Ikan Bakar
Ikan bakar is an Indonesian cuisine, Indonesian and Malay cuisine, Malay dish, prepared with charcoal-Grilling, grilled fish or other forms of seafood. ''Ikan bakar'' literally means "grilled fish" in Indonesian language, Indonesian and Malay language, Malay. Ikan bakar differs from other grilled fish dishes in that it often contains flavorings like Bumbu (seasoning), bumbu, sweet soy sauce, kecap manis, sambal, and is covered in a banana leaf and cooked on a charcoal fire. In 2024, TasteAtlas ranked Indonesian Grilled fish '' 'Ikan Bakar' '' as one of the best seafood dishes in the world. Origin and popularity Grilling is one of the oldest and earliest cooking methods to prepare Fish as food, fish. Freshwater fish and seafood are among the main source of protein intake for the inhabitants of islands. Naturally, this method is immensely popular and quite widespread in the maritime realm of the Nusantara (archipelago), Indonesian archipelago. Thus the grilled-barbecued fish is r ...
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Lalab
''Lalab'' (Sundanese Language, Sundanese: , ''lalab'') or ''lalap/lalapan'' (Indonesian) is a Sundanese cuisine, Sundanese raw vegetable salad served with Sambal#Indonesia, ''sambal terasi''. It is a popular Sundanese cuisine, Sundanese vegetable dish that originated in West Java and Banten, Indonesia. There are no set rules on what vegetables make into lalab; in practice, all edible vegetables can be into lalab. However, the most common raw vegetables are cucumber, tomato, cabbage, lettuce, lemon basil, Solanum nigrum, ''leunca'', and Asparagus bean, long beans. While the Blanching (cooking), blanched or boiled vegetables may include spinach, papaya leaves, and chayote. The dressing for this salad is usually ''sambal terasi,'' served directly from the Mortar and pestle, stone mortar as a spicy dipping sauce for these assorted raw vegetables. Today, ''lalab'' is popular throughout Indonesian cuisine, Indonesia. It is usually served as a vegetable side dish next to the main cour ...
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Condiments
A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the flavour, to complement the dish or to impart a specific flavor. Such specific flavors generally add sweetness or pungency, or sharp or piquant flavors. The seasonings and spices common in many different cuisine arise from global introductions of foreign trade. Condiments include those added to cooking to impart flavor, such as barbecue sauce and soy sauce, those added before serving such as mayonnaise in a sandwich, and those added tableside to taste, such as ketchup with fast food. Condiments can also provide other health benefits to diets that lack micronutrients. Definition The exact definition of a condiment varies. Some definitions encompass spices and herbs, including salt and pepper, using the term interchangeably with '' seasoning''. Others restrict the definition to include only "prepared food compound containing one or more spices", which are added to food after the cooking ...
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Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; its economy of Suriname, economy is heavily dependent on its abundant Natural resource, natural resources, namely bauxite, gold, petroleum, and Agriculture, agricultural products. Suriname is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Organization of American States. Situated Tropics, slightly north of the equator, over 90% of its territory is covered by rainforest, List of countries by forest area (percentage), the highest proportion of forest cover in the world. Borders of Suriname, Suriname is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. It is List of South American countries by area, the smalles ...
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Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ...
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Overseas Indonesians
Overseas Indonesians () are Indonesians who live outside of Indonesia. These include citizens that have migrated to another country as well as people born abroad of Indonesian descent. According to Ministry of Law and Human Rights, more than 6-9 million Indonesians diaspora live abroad in 2023. History Since ancient times, people from various ethnic groups of Indonesia have been leaving their hometowns to other parts of the world for purposes of trade, education, labor, or travel. Migration of ancient Indonesians began 2,000 years ago, to various places including Madagascar, East Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, and Southeast Asian countries. Early history Beginning between the 5th and 7th centuries, Austronesian seafarers from the Indonesian archipelago, particularly from Kalimantan and Sulawesi, embarked on a remarkable journey across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar. These early migrants established settlements, bringing with them advanced ag ...
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Javanese Language
Javanese ( , , ; , Aksara Jawa, Javanese script: , Pegon script, Pegon: , IPA: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people. Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in List of languages by number of native speakers, number of native speakers. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles. Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as Sundanese language, Sundanese, Madurese language, Madurese, and Balinese language, Balinese. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian language, Indonesian for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians. There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated ...
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Loanword
A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient or target language), through the process of borrowing. Borrowing is a metaphorical term that is well established in the linguistic field despite its acknowledged descriptive flaws: nothing is taken away from the donor language and there is no expectation of returning anything (i.e., the loanword). Loanwords may be contrasted with calques, in which a word is borrowed into the recipient language by being directly translated from the donor language rather than being adopted in (an approximation of) its original form. They must also be distinguished from cognates, which are words in two or more related languages that are similar because they share an etymological origin in the ancestral language, rather than because one borrowed the word from the other. Examples and related terms A loanword is distinguished from a calque (or ...
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Indonesian Language
Indonesian (; ) is the official language, official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standard language, standardized variety (linguistics), variety of Malay language, Malay, an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. With over 280 million inhabitants, Indonesia ranks as the list of countries by population, fourth-most populous nation globally. According to the 2020 census, over 97% of Indonesians are fluent in Indonesian, making it the largest language by number of speakers in Southeast Asia and one of the List of languages by total number of speakers, most widely spoken languages in the world.James Neil Sneddon. ''The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society''. UNSW Press, 2004. Indonesian vocabulary has been influenced by various native regional languages such as Javanese language, Javanese, Sundanese language, Sundanese, Minangkabau language, Min ...
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Lime Juice
A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green in colour, in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles. There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (''Citrus aurantiifolia''), Persian lime, kaffir lime, finger lime, blood lime, and desert lime. Limes are a rich source of vitamin C, are sour, and are often used to accent the flavours of foods and beverages. They are grown year-round. Plants with fruit called "limes" have diverse genetic origins; limes do not form a monophyletic group. The term ''lime'' originated in other languages (from French , from Arabic , from Persian , ). Plants known as "lime" The difficulty in identifying exactly which species of fruit are called lime in different parts of the English-speaking world (the same problem applies to synonyms in other European languages) is increased by the botanical complexity of the ''Citrus'' genus itself, to which the majority of limes belong. S ...
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