Recipe for "sambal-lilang"

NAME

     SAMBAL-LILANG - Indonesian  relish  with  lime,  chili,  and
     basil
     This recipe comes from the Time/Life Pacific  and  Southeast
     Asian  Cooking.  I've  been  unable  to  find  a recipe even
     remotely resembling it in any other Indonesian  cookbook.  I
     like  to  cross-reference  recipes and learn where they came
     from, but only the Time/Life reporters seem  to  have  found
     this  one.  In  any event, it's quite wonderful. Not for the
     faint of heart.

INGREDIENTS (makes 500 ml)

     1         medium onion, cut into thin strips
     1         small ripe tomato, cut into small cubes
     5 ml      fresh basil, chopped fine
     1         small fresh hot red chili,  stemmed,  seeded,  and
               cut into thin strips
     1         small fresh hot green chili, stemmed, seeded,  and
               cut into thin strips
     60 ml     fresh lime juice
     1         lime rind, chopped into tiny pieces

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl. Let
               it sit for several hours, stirring occasionally.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 5 minutes preparation, 2 hours sit-
     ting.   Precision:  no  need to measure, but count the chili
     peppers.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Brian Reid
     DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto CA
     reid@decwrl.DEC.COM -or- decwrl!reid