Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Ok...pardon my ignorance but... sambal oelek = chili paste? powdered laos = ?? ketjap manis = ketchupy stuff? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Beth asked: > sambal oelek = chili paste? Correct - must be available in a store near you according to our experts. This is the basic sambal consisting of crushed Spanish peppers and not much more. There is also sambal badjak which is a sweetened version, and a few other kinds. > powdered laos = ?? Well I only discovered yesterday that laos = langkwas = Greater Galangale or Siamese ginger.* Looks a bit like a ginger root but you can get it in powdered form too. > ketjap manis = ketchupy stuff? Yes sort of - bit like chinese soy sauce except it's thicker and - well different really. Must also be available in oriental stores - comes in different flavours but manis = sweet and that's the one you need for this recipe. Maybe someone knows it under another name? * For this information I'm indebted to a wonderful site, Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/index.html which give equivalents in various languages for the names of the spices as well as information about chemistry, usage etc. - I see it's already listed in the link files or this list. Hope this has been helpful. Suggested substitutes if these are not available near you: you could use chili powder instead of sambal, ginger powder instead of laos, soy sauce instead of ketjap? no guarantees given. Piers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 I would recommend against substituting Kikoman or some other standard soy sauce for ketcap manis [literally, sweet soy sauce in Indonesian]. The Indo stuff really has a unique flavor. There are oriental groceries on-line where you can find it, but if there is an oriental supermarket nearby, they will have it. All brands I have seen come from Indonesia, the best being " ABC " . You'll find the liter- sized bottles in the same area as all the soy sauce, nuouc mam, hoysin, etc. Kevin > soy sauce instead of ketjap? no guarantees given. > > Piers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Kevin wrote: > I would recommend against substituting Kikoman or some other standard > soy sauce for ketcap manis [literally, sweet soy sauce in > Indonesian]. The Indo stuff really has a unique flavor. There are > oriental groceries on-line where you can find it, but if there is an > oriental supermarket nearby, they will have it. All brands I have > seen come from Indonesia, the best being " ABC " . You'll find the liter- > sized bottles in the same area as all the soy sauce, nuouc mam, > hoysin, etc. Right. We have the ABC here and also another very good one with a big " A " on the label, plus a few local look-alikes which are of varying quality, some are quite good. Agreed that the comparison with soy sauce was perhaps misplaced, it was tentatively offered in the context of a discussion we were having on the other list about what to do when you don't know if a particular ingredient is available in all the places your post is being read. Piers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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