Thank you Marlingardener and welcome Odif here is the recipe for satay: Chicken or Pork Satay Marinade 1 kg Chicken meat or Pork 3 tablespoons oil 2 stalks lemongrass, white parts only 2 cloves garlic, peeled 6 small shallots peeled 2 teaspoons turmeric powder 1 teaspoon coriander powder 1 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 tablespoon salt or more to taste 2 tablespoons sugar or honey or to taste Method. Cut the lemongrass and onions into smaller pieces. Mix everything together and have them blended in a blender or using a stick blender. Cut the meat meat into thick slices of about ¼ inch thick, 1¼ inch square or any size you fancy. Marinade the meat over night. Skewers - stainless steel type is great but bamboo type is more authentic. Soak the bamboo skewers in water for at least an hour before using. BBQ the meat and enjoy ... yum! Dip. INGREDIENTS 1 cup dry roasted peanuts, unsalted or you can use peanut butter 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar to taste 1 teaspoon coriander powder or fresh coriander plant whole with roots SPICE PASTE: 8 dried red chilies, seeded and soaked in warm water 3 cloves garlic, peeled 4 cloves small shallots 1 stalk lemongrass 1/2 inch galangal, peeled INSTRUCTIONS Crush the peanuts with mortar and pestle or use a food processor to ground the peanuts. Set aside. Chop the Spice Paste ingredients coarsely, transfer to a food processor and blend until very fine. Add a few tablespoons of water to help blending. In a sauce pan, heat the oil on medium heat and add the spice paste. Add the ground peanuts, water, salt, sugar, coriander powder and sweet soy sauce. Stir to combine well. Reduce the peanut sauce on medium-low heat, stir continuously for about 5-10 minutes or until the peanut sauce thickens to your desired consistency, or until the oil and the peanut sauce separates. Let cool at room temperature and serve with satay Mart enjoy!!! Cayuga Morning ... yum-yum!!!
If you like some acidity in the dip, add in some pineapple small chunks at No.4 of the instruction when cooking the dip. It does take the flavour to a whole new level Sorry I forgot about this, some people do not like it.
well,, may be a while before i can try new recipes. had surgery Wednesday to repair broken arm. had bone grafts on both bones. not fun !
Mart--I hope that you are feeling better and that the bone grafts work. What a headache that broken arm must be. Get well soon !
Our own veggies, spuds and a kaassoufflé (cheese souffle). I just threw in the Dutch word to show how crazy some of our words can look--all those verbs consonants!
@Sjoerd, does the tongue hang around those double 'a's and do you use extra breath for the double 's's?
Hiya Cayu-- The double a's are an intonation pronounced differently than a single a...more nasal, I guess you'd say. the double s's are actually the ending of one word and the beginning of another....in this case, kaas = cheese and the following soufflé = souffle. These two stand-alone words are combined to make a new word. Get it? There are more crazy words with; for example, three vowels. They don't call it "Double Dutch" for nothin'.
My husband decided to treat us tonight with lamb choppers! These are my favorites; I grew up on a mini farm where my parents raised sheep. We always had lamb on the table and I still love it. The lamb was marinaded in olive oil, homegrown garlic and homegrown rosemary. We also had homegrown sauteed fingerling potatoes and homegrown green beans. Everthing was delicious. Oh and we had a glass of red wine!
