Mala sauce oily, and the tastes more complex. Common sauces include sesame oil with garlic, oyster oil, or doufu ru. The sauce is used in a variety of ways, from stir-fry, stews, and soup, to being used in hot pot or as a dipping sauce. In the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces mala powder (麻辣粉; pinyin: málàfĕn) is used on snacks and street foods, such as stinky tofu, fried potatoes, and barbecued meat and vegetables. The sauce is made primarily of dried chili peppers, chili powder, douban paste, Sichuan peppercorns, clove, garlic, star anise, black cardamom, fennel, ginger, cinnamon, salt and sugar. These
Indonesian cuisine in many recipes. Whole, halved, or crushed peanuts are used to garnish a variety of dishes, and used in marinades and dipping sauces such as "sambal kacang" (a mixture of ground chilies and fried peanuts) for "otak-otak" or "ketan". Peanut oil, extracted from peanuts, is one of the most commonly used cooking oils in Indonesia. "Bumbu kacang" or peanut sauce represents a sophisticated, earthy seasoning rather than a sweet, gloppy sauce. It should have a delicate balance of savoury, sweet, sour, and spicy flavours, acquired from various ingredients, such as fried peanuts, "gula jawa" (coconut sugar), garlic, shallots, ginger, tamarind,