"Dia minta sambal dan kecap."
Translation:She asks for sambal and soy sauce.
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The Indonesian word "kecap" and the English "ketchup" come from the same source (most likely from the Min Nan Chinese 鮭汁, meaning something like "fish sauce"), but they mean different things now.
On another note, is both "ketchup" and "tomato sauce" referred to as "saus tomat" in Indonesian?
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No... ketchup is soy sauce.. ketchup is made from soy bean. Saus tomat is tomato sauce. Here we have salted ketchup (kecap asin) and sweet ketchup/ sweet soy sauce (kecap manis).
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In Indonesia if you ask for kecap, you will NOT get salty soy sauce. If you ask for "kecap asin", you WILL get salty soy sauce (if they have it).
Kecap manis is the most commonly consumed soy based sauce in Indonesia. If you ask for "kecap" you will be given kecap manis, unless you specify kecap asin. Many warungs do not even have kecap asin, only kecap manis.
If you go to a "bule" restaurant, and ask for ketchup because the just brought french fries, they will bring you saus tomat, which is western style ketchup.
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There are hundreds of varieties of sambal, and it need not contain the seeds. It can be chunky but doesn't have to be. I would call it a spicy condiment.