PEANUT SATAY SAUCE

Here is the peanut sauce recipe.
You can omit the lemon grass and galangal
if you cannot get them. The taste and smell will
be slightly different.


PEANUT SATAY SAUCE

Ingredients:
250 grms roasted peanuts skin removed
1 grated coconut
1 tbs tamarind paste
2 tbs sugar or to taste
Salt to taste
6 tbs of oil

To grind:
10 dried chillies
4 fresh red chillies
4 candle nuts
2 cloves garlic
10 small red onions
1 tsp fennel powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tbs coriander powder
2 stalks of lemon grass ( only the white part)
2 slices of galangal

Method:
Coarsely grind the roasted peanuts.
Use 100ml water and squeeze the thick coconut milk.
Use 300 ml water and squeeze the second milk.
Use 150 ml water to get the tamarind juice.

Heat a kuali with the oil, and fry the ground spices for about 5 minutes.
Add a little of the thick milk and simmer till oil rises.
Pour in the second milk and the tamarind juice.
Continue to simmer for about 15 minutes.
Add the ground peanuts and the thick coconut milk.
Simmer for another 5 minutes.
Add sugar and salt to taste.
Cook for another 3 minutes.
Remove and serve with the satay.

Note: galangal is a type of ginger used in Asian cooking.
Candle nut is used to thicken curries and sambals.
Lemon grass is used for its fragrance.