Malaysian Satay and Peanut Sauce

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Ingredients

1 pound beef or chicken

1/2 lrg onion

3 stalk lemon grass

1 thin slice galingale

1 inch piece of ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon tumeric powder

1/2 lrg onion

1 thin slice galingale

1 inch piece ginger

1 stalk Lemon grass

1 pound roasted peanuts

1 1/2 tablespoons tamarind

1/2 cup oil

1/2 tablespoon chillie powder (or to taste)

7 tablespoons palm sugar (or brown sugar)

1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Cut up meat into bite-size pieces. Grind onion,lemon grass,galingale,ginger,coriander and cumin togather into a paste. Mix ground paste with sugar, salt and tumeric powder. Marinate the meat in the mixture for at least 1 hour. Thread meat onto bamboo skewers.

Grill (or barbeque) and serve with Peanut Sauce.

Peanut Sauce:Grind onions, galingale, ginger and lemon grass.

Crush roasted peanuts in a blender. Extract 1/2 cup tamarind juice from 1 1/2 tbsp tamarind. Heat oil. Fry all ground ingredients and chillie powder till fragrant.

Add crushed peanuts, mix well. Add palm sugar(or brown sugar), salt and tamarind juice. Simmer until gravy is thick.