Satay with Peanut Sauce

Ingredients:

600g lean chicken—bones removed

( other types of meat can be used)

30 sharpened bamboo sticks/ skewers

Meat seasonings

1 teaspoon fennel powder
* Tip: Soak sticks in water overnight to prevent them from getting burnt during cooking

1 teaspoon cumin powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

½ teaspoon turmeric powder

½ teaspoon cinnamon powder

1 piece galangal –1 cm

1 stalk lemon grass

2 cloves garlic

1 piece ginger—1 cm

5 shallots

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cooking oil mixed with skim milk

Steps:

1.Cut the meat into cubes of about ½ cm thick.

2.Dry the meat.

3.Marinate it with all the above ingredients and leave for 2-3 hours.

4.Skew about 6-7 pieces of meat onto a stick.

EITHER

5. Start a charcoal fire until red hot.

6. Place the meat skewers and grill over the glowing charcoal.

OR

5. Grill in oven for 3 minutes on each side

CONTINUE…

7. After turning, sprinkle some oil-milk mixtures with a stalk of crushed lemon grass.

8. Grill until meat is cooked, fragrant and tender.

Ingredients for peanut sauce

300g roasted peanut-grind coarsely

2 teaspoons roasted sesame seeds-- slightly crushed

10 dried chillies

2cm ginger

1 stalk lemon grass

5 shallots

2 cloves garlic

shrimp paste

1 cup skim milk

1 large onion

3 teaspoons cooking oil

Method of preparation:

1. Blend/ grind ingredients into a fine paste.

2. Heat oil in a pot.

3. Fry paste until fragrant.

4. Add ½ cup of water.

5. Simmer for 20-30 minutes until the gravy becomes thick.

6. Add sugar, salt, peanut and sesame seeds, then remove from heat