 Udang balado prawns in spicy balado sauce | |
| Alternative names | Sambal goreng, sambal lado |
|---|---|
| Course | Main course |
| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | West Sumatra |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Egg, chicken, meat, or seafood in hot and spicy spice mixture with a large amount of red chili pepper |
Balado is a type of hot and spicybumbu (spice mixture) found inMinang cuisine ofWest Sumatra,Indonesia.[1] It has since spread through the rest of Indonesia and also Malaysia especially inNegeri Sembilan.[2] Balado sauce is made bystir frying ground red hotchili pepper with other spices includinggarlic,shallot,tomato andkaffir lime (leaves, fruit, or both) incoconut orpalm oil.
The ingredients are quite similar tosambal hot chili paste. However, unlikesambal, which is often treated as a separatedippingcondiment, balado chili sauce is usually mixed and stir fried together with its main ingredients and treated as a dish. Balado is suitable to be served with various types of seafood, such as fried prawns, squid, fish (whole or cutlets), as well as other ingredients, such as chicken, fried boiled eggs, fried beef, eggplant, and potatoes.[3]
Because of its almost identical ingredients and technique, the termbalado is often interchangeable withsambal goreng (lit.: "fried sambal"). Nevertheless, the termbalado is more specifically referring toMinang cooking tradition, whilesambal goreng refers to a more generalIndonesian cuisine tradition.
In theMinang dialect, the termbalado literally means "with chili" or "in chili", sincelado means "chili pepper" in the Minang dialect (compared with theIndonesian word "berlada"). Dish names usually combine the main ingredient followed with "balado", for example:
Hot and spicy balado has become an inspiration for a populardangdut song, "Sambalado", sung byAyu Tingting.[13]
Tidak sempurna sajian tradisional Negeri Sembilan tanpa gulai lemak daging salai cili padi, ayam kampung berlado, sambal tumis petai ikan bilis, terung berlado...
