;Sambal gandaria: Freshly ground sambal terasi with shredded gandaria, a kind of tropical fruit native to Southeast Asia.
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;Sambal jengkol: Freshly ground sambal terasi mixed with sliced fried jengkol, a kind of tropical bean with slightly stinky aroma native to Southeast Asia.
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;Sambal taliwang: This variant is native to Taliwang, a village near Mataram, Lombok Island, and is made from naga jolokia pepper grown specially in Lombok, garlic and Lombok shrimp paste.
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;Sambal matah: Raw shallot & lemongrass sambal of Bali origin.
Three Sambalic languages are spoken by the Sambal: Sambali, Bolinao and Botolan, with approximately 200,000, 105,000 and 72,000 speakers, respectively, based on their 2007 population.