The Food Of Hell From Indonesia

The Food Of Hell From Indonesia

   
1.         Identification

Famous as one of the best tropical countries, Indonesia provides tons of uniqueness and excitement. Its nature, culture, and art always bring millions of tourist each year. However, this time we are going to talk about one thing, Indonesia’s cuisine, in particular Sambal.

Sambal or sambel is infamous among tourist as the food of hell for its undeniable ability to make the consumer produces tears and sweat when eating. Produced using chili as its main ingredient, sambal is indeed taste extremely spicy.

General Description

Sambal is made by grinding ‘cabai’ or chili, along with several complements such as onion, bell pepper,  tomato, ‘terasi’, sugar, and salt. The ingredients are grinded using traditional tool made usually from wood. The texture is smooth with a vibrant color of green and red, depending on which chili you use.

Infamous among tourists for its spiciness, many tourists avoid it. However, some of them are challenged and try to eat it. Those who dare to try usually will get stomach ache or turn very red and sweaty in the face. Though super spicy, locals eat it in almost daily basis as their main meal.
There are some of the popular varieties. Such as Sambal terasi, a common Indonesian style of sambal 

Things are wrong :
1. Onion
    Sambal isn't made from onion, but usually from garlic and shallot.
2. Bell Pepper
    I haven't met sambal made from bell pepper. So I don't think that sambal is made from bell pepper.
3. Wood
    Sambal usually made with traditional tool called "cobek" and "ulekan" made from wood or stone.       
But mostly made from stone.
4. Those Who Dare to Try Usually Get Stomach Ache or Turn Very Red and Sweaty in The Face.