Satay Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg unsalted peanuts
• 2 inches shrimp paste
• 30 dried chilies
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 5 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces tamarind pulp
• 4 ounces palm sugar
• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 toast peanuts till golden brown. careful not to burn. blend untill you get a mix of small chunks of peanuts and some fine peanut powder.
• 2 grill or toast shrimp paste (belacan) then blend with steamed dried chillies,
• 3 mix coconut milk with 4 cups water.
• 4 mix tamarind with 1 cup water . strain.
• 5 scrape gula melaka into pan. add sugar, belacan and blended chilly paste, tamarind juice and half peanuts,
• 6 cook over moderate heat stirring constantly for 4 min, stir in coconut milk and bring to boil and simmer stirring for 3 minutes.