Lalab

However, the most common raw vegetables are cucumber, tomato, cabbage, lettuce, lemon basil, leunca, and long beans.

The dressing for this salad is usually sambal terasi, served directly from the stone mortar as a spicy dipping sauce for these assorted raw vegetables.

[3] Originally, it was made from any available edible young leaves and raw vegetables known by Sundanese since ancient times.

Daily consumption of fresh vegetables is good for reducing cholesterol levels and improving digestive health.

Vegetables are also rich in antioxidants, which contribute to fighting free radicals, and have antiaging and anticancer properties.

A bowl of sambal chili paste and lalab consists of lettuce and pohpohan leaves ( Pilea melastomoides ).
Lalab of cucumber, lettuce and lemon basil, with fried eggplant, cabbage, tofu and sambal, as part of ayam goreng meal.