Re: [CH] Sambal Tumis
Gregg Puckett (gpuckett@exo.com)
Wed, 13 May 1998 22:18:59 -0700
That's an interesting one; there's a lady at work who's from Indonesia and
has provided me with answers about such things before. I'll see what advice
she can offer.
-gregg-
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> From: Anna Monro <Anna.Monro@ea.gov.au>
> To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [CH] Sambal Tumis
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 9:07 PM
>
> Hi all -
>
> I hope this isn't one of those idiotic questions which everyone
asks
> when they first join the list, which will result in great flaming
and
> I'll never be allowed to live it down. I'm new to this, there's
about
> a zillion archives and I don't see a FAQ anywhere on the web pages!
>
> Anyway - I'm having a dinner party this weekend, using a mixture
of
> Thai and Malaysian recipes. One of them (for Mi Goreng, a noodle
> dish) calls for Sambal Tumis, which the recipe helpfully explains is
a
> chili sauce. Having just looked through an Asian grocery and found
> plenty of sambals (oelek etc) but not tumis, I'm wondering if it has
> another name. A Web search gave me a few places in the U.S. to mail
> order it from and even the odd recipe - did I mention the dinner is
> this weekend?? I'm going to try a slightly bigger Asian grocery
> tomorrow but after that, I'll be out of ideas.
>
> If there are any experts on Asian chili sauce out there, I'd
> appreciate it if you could give me some clues on alternative names
or
> failing that, possible sambal substitutes. I'm in Canberra,
> Australia, where there are a number of Asian groceries to search -
but
> you might want to keep my location in mind before you advise me !
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anna Monro