Pork Satay and Satay Peanut Sauce Recipes

It was my mother's 67th birthday in May 2009. We had a great dinner together and the most favourite dish for my mum was Satay. Although she's 67, but still very healthy.

Satay is a fun menu for the party. It doesn't take long time to prepare and you can enjoy grilling it on the barbecue.

Ingredients (for pork satay):

500 grams Pork

1/2 t.sp. Coriander seeds, ground

1/2 t.sp. Fennel seeds, ground

1 tb.sp. Lemongrass, fine chopped

1 t.sp. Cumin powder

1 tb.sp. White sugar

3 tb.sp. Condense milk

1 tb.sp. Butter

1/4 t.sp. Salt

2 tb.sp. Vegetable oil

1/2 cup Coconut milk for seasoning while grill

Ingredients for Satay Peanut Sauce :

1 cup Peanut

4 dried chillis (large)

1/2 t.sp. Salt

2 t.sp. Lemongrass fine chopped

1/4 t.sp. Bergamot peal

2 t.sp. Coriander seeds ground

2 Red onion

1 tb.sp. Garlic

3 tb.sp. Palm sugar

1 tb.sp. Fish Sauce

3 tb.sp. Tammarine juice

2 cups Coconut milk

1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

Ingredients Cucumber Sauce:

1/2 Cup vinegar

1/2 Cup water

1 t.sp. Salt

1/3 Cup Sugar

4 Red onion chopped

3 red chillis

4 cucumber

Cooking :

Satay

- Slice pork into 1" width, 5" length, 1/4" thick

- Mix other ingredients in a bowl, add pork and leave in the bowl for minimum 2 hours in the fridge

- Soak bamboo sticks in water before skewing (this will protect the sticks from burnt easily on the charcoal)

- Skew pork meat on the sticks and place on dish ready for grilling

- While grilling, season with coconut milk

Peanut Sauce

- For Peanut Sauce, fry (without oil) peanut until slightly brown

- Grind all ingredients except for oil

- In a pan, add vegetable oil and once heated add all ingredients

- Bring to boil

Cucumber Sauce

- Mix vinegar, water, salt and sugar until dissolved
- Add chilli and cucumber