Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal)
Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal)

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sambal ijo (green sambal). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

If you like your sambal crazy hot, add more chilli padi. You can use red or green chilli padi. I like to use red as it gives a few red speckles in my sambal.

Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook sambal ijo (green sambal) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal):
  1. Get 500 gr large green chilies, remove the stalks
  2. Take 100 gr green chilies (deepen on your spicy level)
  3. Get 2-3 green tomatoes
  4. Make ready 3 large shallots
  5. Get 5 cloves garlic
  6. Get 6 tsp cooking oil, for frying
  7. Make ready 1 teaspoon lime juice
  8. Make ready Salt and sugar to taste

I used to study in Bandung, Indonesia and every time I went there, I will never forget to eat in Padang or Minang restaurant. And the must in my menu Sambal Ijo. Try it, you are going to luv it. For those who like it extremely hot, just add in more bird.

Steps to make Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal):
  1. Roughly chop green chilies and green bird's eye chilies
  2. Steamed green chilies and green birds eye chilies together with shallots, tomatoes and garlic for 6 minutes.  Remove and drain. - If it's wilted, mash the ingredients above roughly (I use a food processor). Make sure all the ingredients are well blended.
  3. Prepare cooking oil and heat the skillet, then saute - all ingredients until fragrant and smells good. - Finally, add sugar, lemon juice and salt to the stir fry, then mix well.  Continue to cook until it is completely cooked.
  4. Remove the chili sauce, serve with other side dish you like.
  5. Note: tomatoes can be steamed or can be sauteed directly with chilies that have been mashed coarsely.

Sambal hijau is a type of chilli paste made from green chillies instead of the usual red. It has a fresh flavour from the kaffir lime leaves and is slightly tart from the green tomatoes. It is nice to use for frying with vegetables or as a condiment atop a block of crispy fried tofu. Sambal Ijo Padang/ Indonesian Green Sambal is one of the popular spicy condiments, usually rustic in appearance, to accompany many dishes. Each time I have this green sambal, I remember my mom.

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