Raw peanut satay sauce
A satay sauce without coconut milk and using raw peanuts to make your own peanut butter base.
By Simon Rimmer
Ingredients
- 100ml/3Β½fl oz vegetable oil
- 225g/8oz peanuts
- 4 shallots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp shrimp paste (blachan)
- 1 small red chilli, chopped
- pinch chilli powder
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 400ml/14Β½fl oz water
- 1 lemon, juice only
- salt, to taste
Method
To make the sauce, heat the oil in a pan or wok and stir fry the peanuts until golden. Place in a food processor and blend until smooth.
Fry the shallot, garlic and shrimp paste for a few seconds. Add the chopped chilli, the chilli powder, sugar, soy and water. Bring to the boil.
Add the blended peanuts and simmer for 8-10 minutes until thickened. Add the lemon juice and salt, to taste, if required.