"Saya mau minta sambal."

Translation: I want to ask for the sambal.

[emawlin]

Sambal = Chilli Sauce or Hot Sauce. Please change the meaning

[jon61089]

"I want to ask for the hot sauce" and "I want to ask for the chili sauce" are both correct

[Cameron298]

Is this the polite way of asking for something in Indonesian? Are there any other sentences like this?

[dkfour]

Sambal doesn't need an article this case

[Handrisuselo]

Yes, you are right. "Sambal" in this case is not the specific sambal.

I did it without the article "the" and it was correct.

[Kian.Love]

I wrote samba by accident and it didn't correct me. Im pretty sure I was wrong and it was a mistake by the lesson...

[myrkia]

why not: I want to ask for sambal

[JamesMorga430495]

I looked up "chilli" in the dictionary, the first and only definition was "1. chili." which how I always thought that it was spelled in English.

[pod777]

Instead using "to ask for" isn't it possible to say: "I want sambal, please" or "I would like sambal, please."
In this case my idea is to translate "minta" with "please"

[dkfour]

But it doesn't mean please. It is similar to when someone says: "might I request"...