Thursday, 18 June 2015

Asian Chilli Sauces Why People Like Them

By April Briggs


Asian food is world known to be spicy but tasty at the same time. People love Asian food and its condiments especially chilli sauces. These sauces are popular all around the world and can be used as a condiment or an ingredient to make a specific dish.

One of the popular sauces widely used in Thai cuisine is called the Nam Chim which is a spicy Thai dipping sauce. Its a tasty blend of chilli peppers, lemon juice, garlic, fish sauce, sugar and shrimp paste. The taste is so authentic that you'll fall in love with it. The consistency of this sauce is a bit watery not very thick but it doesn't taste watery at all.

It goes well with fresh vegetables as well as grilled meat or fish dishes. You will not find this sauce in the supermarkets because it has to be made fresh every time because if you make it and try to conserve the sauce, it wouldn't taste the same at all. Usually people make it in their homes whenever they need it or it is served in restaurants, freshly made.

Another extraordinary tasting plunging sauce is known as the Nuoc Cham, s a Vietnamese plunging sauce, made with fish sauce. Despite the fact that it isn't fundamentally extremely hot naturally however to include a touch of flavor, green chillies are used in it. It is a blend of vinegar, sugar and fish sauce.

Sambal Oelek, which was initially gotten from Indonesia is currently prominent all around the globe. There are numerous nations generally assembling jug forms they could call their own. Generally, all fixings are crushed up in a stone mortar however the creation or huge scale implies, the fixings are squashed up in enormous machines. The normal fixings utilized incorporate red peppers, garlic, lime, sugar and salt.

Sambal Teraso us another Indonesian variety that is gaining popularity because of its great taste. Traditional method of making it is the same as Sambal Oelek but the ingredients used are a bit different. You will need shallots, shrimp paste. Sugar, salt, lemon juice and garlic. The difference in taste is identifiable because shrimp paste adds a very delicate taste to it.

A well recognized sauce in almost every single Vietnamese restaurant is the Sriracha sauce. Although the ingredients used to make it are almost the same as Sambal Oelek but once all the ingredients are crushed down, they are then passed through a sieve to make the sauce look smoother in appearance and seedless. It is one of the most favorite sauces all around the world.

A traditional Thai sauce mostly used as a condiment with fried dishes is the sweet Thai chilli sauce. As compared to other varieties, this sauce may not taste that spicy but the sweet and spicy combination does make it standout among the rest. It is easily available in supermarkets.




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