Malaysian Satay and Peanut Sauce
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 2:20am

Ingredients




1 pound beef or chicken
1/2 lrg onion
3 stalk lemon grass
1 thin slice galingale
1 inch piece of ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon tumeric powder
1/2 lrg onion
1 thin slice galingale
1 inch piece ginger
1 stalk Lemon grass
1 pound roasted peanuts
1 1/2 tablespoons tamarind
1/2 cup oil
1/2 tablespoon chillie powder (or to taste)
7 tablespoons palm sugar (or brown sugar)
1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1 Cut up meat into bite-size pieces. Grind onion,lemon grass,galingale,ginger,coriander and cumin togather into a paste. Mix ground paste with sugar, salt and tumeric powder. Marinate the meat in the mixture for at least 1 hour. Thread meat onto bamboo skewers. 2 Grill (or barbeque) and serve with Peanut Sauce. 3 Peanut Sauce:Grind onions, galingale, ginger and lemon grass. 4 Crush roasted peanuts in a blender. Extract 1/2 cup tamarind juice from 1 1/2 tbsp tamarind. Heat oil. Fry all ground ingredients and chillie powder till fragrant. 5 Add crushed peanuts, mix well. Add palm sugar(or brown sugar), salt and tamarind juice. Simmer until gravy is thick.