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- From: joseph@ubc-medgen (joseph sotham)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Indonesian Satay
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- 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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