Subject: RECIPE: Indonesian Satay
From: joseph@ubc-medgen (joseph sotham)
Date: 9 May 86 03:42:03 GMT
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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE SATAY-1 A "31 Jan 86" 1986
.RZ "SATAY I"  "Indonesian barbecued beef"
This is my favorite satay recipe.
.IH "serves 8\-10"
.SH		SATAY
.IG "2 lbs" "beef, chicken, or mutton" "1 kg"
.IG "6 Tbsp" "castor sugar" "90 ml"
.IG "1\(12 cups" "ground peanuts" "140 g"
.IG "1 piece" "lemon grass"
.IG "1 tsp" "cumin" "5 ml"
(ground or use powdered)
.IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
.IG "1\-2" "large onions"
.IG "5 cloves" "garlic"
.IG "1 tsp" "turmeric" "5 ml"
.IG "2 Tbsp" " coriander" "30 ml"
(roasted pounded or use pre-ground)
.IG "1 oz" "lengkuas" "30 g"
(or substitute ginger)
.IG "\(14 cup" "vegetable oil" "60 ml"
.IG "\(14 cup" "water" "60 ml"
.SH		SATAY GRAVY
.IG "1\(12 lb" "peanuts" "700 g"
.IG "5 cloves" "garlic"
.IG "2 pieces" "lemon grass"
.IG "\(12 cup" "sesame seeds" "80 g"
.IG "2 Tbsp" "dried ground chili pepper" "30 ml"
(or substitute fresh chopped red chilies)
.IG "1 Tbsp" "dried shrimp paste" "15 ml"
.IG "2" "large onions"
.IG "3 oz" "tamarind" "100 g"
.IG "\(12 cup" "sugar" "95 g"
.IG "1 piece" "lengkuas"
(or substitute ginger)
.IG "4 tsp" "salt" "20 ml"
.IG "6 cups" "coconut milk" "1.5 l"
(or substitute water)
.PH "Satay"
.SK 1
Cut meat into strips, pound meat, then cut into cubes and season with 
meat tenderizer. 
.SK 2
Pound separately garlic, onions, lemon grass, and langkuas.
.SK 3
Mix together meat, pounded ingredients, salt, and sugar. 
Marinate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
.SK 4
Thread meat onto skewers. Sprinkle oil mixture (\(12 oil, \(12 water) 
over meat and grill until done.
.PH "Gravy"
.SK 1
Make the tamarind paste: add the tamarind to water and soak for 
2 hours. During this time, squeeze the tamarind so that it becomes 
pulpy. Filter the liquid through a strainer to remove seeds,
stem and skin of the fruit.
.SK 2
Pound the onions, garlic, and lengkuas.
.SK 3
Roast the peanuts, remove skins, and grind finely.
.SK 4
Fry the shrimp paste on medium heat for a few minutes. Add the 
onion and garlic paste to the frying pan. Fry the onions until
white. Don't brown them.
.SK 5
Add the lemon grass, lengkuas, dried chilies, peanuts, sesame seeds,
coconut milk, sugar, salt and tamarind paste.
.SK 6
Cook until the gravy is thick.
.NX
Lengkuas is the Malay word for the root known in English, Spanish, and German
as galangal; it is otherwise known as \fIlaos\fR
(Indonesia), \fIsouchet long\fR (Vietnam), 
or \fIkha\fR (Thai and Laotian). If you don't
have any, then use a mixture of 4 parts ginger to 1 part cardamom.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
Moderate.
.I Time:
2 hours preparation, \(12 hour cooking.
.I Precision:
Approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Joe Sotham <joseph@ubc-medgen>
University of British Columbia
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