Dabu-dabu

Dabu-dabu

Dabu-dabu
Course	Main course
Place of origin	Indonesia
Region or state	North Sulawesi
Created by	Manado cuisine
Serving temperature	Fresh
Main ingredients	Hot and spicy condiment made from chopped red chili peppers, bird's eye chili, shallots, red and green tomatoes,salt and sugar, mixed with fresh calamansi juice
Cookbook: Dabu-dabu  Media: Dabu-dabu

Dabu-dabu is a type of hot and spicy condiment commonly found in Manado cuisine of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Dabu-dabu chopped red chili peppers, bird's eye chili, shallots, red and green tomatoes, and a pinch of salt and sugar. All of the chopped and diced spices are mixed with fresh calamansi juice or locally known as lemon cui or jeruk kesturi; sometimes calamansi is replaced by kaffir lime or lemon juice. The chili pepper and citrus juice give it a fresh sour and spicy flavour.

It is usually used as a condiment for seafoods, especially various recipes of ikan bakar (grilled fish).^[1] Dabu-dabu has a flavor similar to Mexican salsa^[2] It is sometimes described as Manado's raw sambal.

See also

• Sambal
• Balado
• Colo-colo
• Rica-rica
• Woku
• Paniki
• Tinutuan
• Food portal

References

External links

• Dabu-dabu recipe

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