(in oriental cooking) hot relish made with vegetables or fruit and spices.
（东方烹饪中的）辣酱，辛辣调味品（由蔬菜或水果和香料烹制而成）
count nouna plate of sambals
mass nounfried noodles with sambal
Example sentencesExamples
As we moreishly devoured grilled tuna marinated in sambal, lemon grass and numerous other exotic spices, I was amazed at how quiet the street was with only the odd person passing by where we sat alfresco.
One of the Malays' popular breakfasts is nasi lemak, rice cooked in coconut milk and served with hot and spicy sambal (shrimp or anchovy paste), fish, eggs and vegetables.
A small jar of sambal is a standard condiment on the tables of Chinese-Indonesian restaurants in the Netherlands.
In Vietnamese and Thai cuisine the cool effect of mint is used to sooth the effect of a hot chili peppers and fiery sambals.
She said she cooked the grasshoppers and ate them with a little sambal (chili sauce).
Origin
Malay.
Definition of sambal in US English:
sambal
nounˈsämbäl
(in Indian and Southeast Asian cooking) hot relish made with vegetables or fruit and spices.
（东方烹饪中的）辣酱，辛辣调味品（由蔬菜或水果和香料烹制而成）
count nouna plate of sambals
mass nounfried noodles with sambal
Example sentencesExamples
As we moreishly devoured grilled tuna marinated in sambal, lemon grass and numerous other exotic spices, I was amazed at how quiet the street was with only the odd person passing by where we sat alfresco.
She said she cooked the grasshoppers and ate them with a little sambal (chili sauce).
One of the Malays' popular breakfasts is nasi lemak, rice cooked in coconut milk and served with hot and spicy sambal (shrimp or anchovy paste), fish, eggs and vegetables.
In Vietnamese and Thai cuisine the cool effect of mint is used to sooth the effect of a hot chili peppers and fiery sambals.
A small jar of sambal is a standard condiment on the tables of Chinese-Indonesian restaurants in the Netherlands.