Satay Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped lemongrass
• 1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste
• 3 dried red chilies or 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 coriander roots, chopped
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 5 ounces ground roasted peanuts or 5 ounces crunchy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons tamarind juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a blender, combine onion, lemon grass, shrimp paste, chilies, garlic, cumin, coriander and coriander roots with enough coconut milk to moisten.
• 2 heat oil in saucepan.
• 3 gentley stirfry onion mixture until it turns a pale pinky-brown.
• 4 add remaining coconut milk, stirring briskly.
• 5 reduce heat to low.
• 6 add peanuts (or peanut butter) and still well.
• 7 then add sugar and tamarind juice with a pinch of salt.
• 8 if the sauce is too thick add additional coconut milk; if it's too thin, simmer very gently to reduce -- coconut milk and peanuts burn very easily.