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Peanut Dressing
Spicy and delicious Indonesian peanut dressing for salads.
Author
Wes Nondorf
Ingredients
1
Tbsp
Tamarind Pulp
60
ml
warm water
250
g
raw peanuts
dry roasted skins removed
2
red finger-length chilies
2
cm
galangal root
4
cloves
garlic
3
kaffir lime leaves
2
tsp
salt
90
g
palm sugar
can sub brown sugar
500
ml
hot water
Instructions
Soak tamarind pulp in the warm water for 5 minutes, then mash well, squeeze and strain to obtain tamarind juice.
Grind the peanuts coarsely in a food processor, then remove and set aside.
Grind the chilies, galangal, garlic, kaffir lime leaves, tamarind juice, salt and palm sugar in a spice grinder or blender to form a smooth paste.
Add the ground peanuts to the spice paste and pulse a few times.
Add hot water until it turns into a thick sauce.
Notes
This goes with an Indonesian dish called gado-gado, which is basically a vegetable salad.