Sambal Bongkot

Are you really foodie, then why don’t you try this?

In this write up, I am going to share a sambal recipe named sambal BongKot. This recipe is very much famous in Indonesia. 

Sambal bongkot is very simple food item yet real condiment to the most Balinese(Bali is a city in Indonesia and people of Bali are called balisnese) especially to all Balinese who cook food at home. If you go to the old and traditional markets thre and ask for bongkot, the seller would definitely ask you to send him a bowl of sambal bongkot for himself …I bet you in this!  Well, Its unending all of time, the type of traditional condiment that would be most wanted by every  people, who have ever tasted it. it’s my promise  that you would never ever forget!

Sambal bongkot is one of a kind, typical home cooking—as simple yet appetizing sambal that could definitely turn your world upside down!

Sambal Bongkot

Ingredients
10-11 shallots, finely sliced
7-8 bird eye chilies, sliced*
2 bongkot finely sliced and chopped*
1 teaspoon toasted dried shrimp paste
6 tablespoons coconut oil/canola oil
salt to taste

Method:
Heat the oil medium fire, put some slices of shallot in hot oil, and fry until it just flaccid.

Put slices of chilly, mix and quickly fry and then add bongkot, fry for next few seconds.

Turn off the fire, fling in toasted dried shrimp paste and add taste by adding some salt. mix all of the ingredients until they completely get mixed.

Your sambal is ready to serve with your favourite seafood or with another fried food.

Cook note:

• You can garnish it with sliced ginger pieces.
• You can always fiddle with the ingredients as you desire,
• Don’t store it for long as it turns dark quickly. Serve hot and fresh.

Benefits of Sambal Sauce

Sambal is the Indonesian word for new spicy chilies crushed with salt. It is esteemed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand aided as an accompaniment to rice dishes and curries..

It is a type of pulp that is made from a group of components which include: - ginger, peppers, lime juice, sugar, shrimp paste garlic, vineger, fish sauce, shallot and scallion. The sauce is very appetizing while additional to food and works to boost one’s craving. It is best when attended hot but varies with different people. In addition to its mouthwatering factor, it has got a quantity of health benefits.

1. Sambal sauce has been demonstrated to improve the operational of the body organs as it helps to increase the breakdown and hence allow the body organs to complete effectively. Those people who have plagued foods with sambal sauce have exposed to suffer less from brain mutilation since it helps to thwart brain break down. This therefore develops the performance of the anxious system which works to decrease the chances of suffering from headaches and other problems connected to the nervous system. It has also been associated with the lessening of weight since it boosts the presentation of the entire body system.

2. The sambal sauce has been acknowledged to improve the blood circulation which everything to decrease the cardiovascular diseases. The spices work to normalize the blood pressure and later reduce the heart pressures which progresses one’s health. They have  been known to facilitate the incorporation of food. Sambal contain vitamin C which works very well for enlightening digestion particularly for those foods that cause indigestion. This helps to progress one’s health and create a wellbeing zone which helps people to breathing better lives.

3. Foods with sambal help to intensification the heat in the body which helps to keep the body warm. It is therefore most preferred in cold seasons as it avoids people from sorrow from cold. The sambal sauce as well helps to open the body sinuses since it causes the body to perspiration. This is very significant since it allows the body to breathe and hence chilling the body which makes one feel very good. The sauce also helps in the inaugural of bronchial air seats which improves the presentation of the respiratory system.