Grill Chicken With Peanut Paste

Ingredients:

• 1 kg Boneless Chicken
• 6 cloves Garlic
• 2 Onions
• 1 tsp Turmeric
• 1½ tsp Ground Cumin
• 3 tbsp grated Ginger
• 3 tbsp ground Coriander
• 1 piece Lemon Grass
• ¼ cup Oil
• 6 tbsp Sugar
• Water
• Salt, as per taste

For Paste

• 6 Garlic Cloves
• 100 gms Tamarind
• 3 Onions
• 1 cup Peanuts
• 6 cup Coconut Milk
• ½ cup Sugar
• 1 tsp Ginger Root, grated
• 3 tbsp Chili Pepper, dried & ground
• ½ cup Sesame Seeds
• 1 tbsp Dried Shrimp Paste
• 2 pieces Lemon Grass

Method:

• Pound the chicken and cut it into small cubes.
• Pound garlic, onion, cumin, lemon grass, grated ginger and coriander in a separate container.
• Mix the chicken with the spice mixture and keep it as such for at least 4 hours.
• Thread the chicken on the skewers and sprinkle the oil mixture, containing equal part of water and oil, over it. Grill the chicken until it is done.
• Now, prepare the paste for the chicken. Put tamarind in water and soak for 2 hours.
• Squeeze the tamarind and filter the liquid through a strainer. This will remove the seeds, stem and skin of tamarind.
• In a container, pound the onion, grated ginger root and garlic, together.
• Roast the peanuts and grind them to make a fine paste.
• Keep a pan on medium heat and fry the shrimp paste, followed by the onion and garlic paste.
• Add lemon grass, grated ginger root, coconut milk, sugar, peanut paste, sesame seeds, tamarind paste and dried chilies in the pan. Cook till the gravy turns thick.
• Pour the gravy over the chicken and serve hot.