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Lynette McWilliams

Not really. Chili powder is generally just one type of pepper ground up. Sambal is a chilli sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice.

Nikahlee

Thank you! I had a feeling they were different but I wasn't sure if they were different enough for it to matter. Thank you, Lynette!