Sambal MAGIC is sauce typically made from a variety of chilies and secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste, sault, garlic, ginger, sugar and rice vinegar or other vinegars.

Sambal Magic usually are served as hot and spicy condiments for dishes such as nasi lemak, ikan bakar (grilled fish), ikan goreng (fried fish), ayam goreng (fried chicken), and other seafood. Sambal is an Indonesian loan-word of Javanese origin (sambel).

Traditional sambals are freshly made using traditional tools, such as a stone pestle and mortar. Sambal can be served raw or cooked. The chili pepper, garlic, shallot and tomato are often freshly ground using a mortar, while the terasi or belacan (shrimp paste) is fried or burned first to kill its pungent smell as well as to release its aroma. Sambal might be prepared in bulk, as it can be easily stored in a well-sealed glass jar in the refrigerator for a week to be served with meals as a condiment.