[CH] Sri lankan curries: jaggery satay

Tara Deen (tara@es.usyd.edu.au)
Thu, 24 May 2001 15:02:45 +1000

Jaggery Satay (Meat with Palm Sugar)
This is a sweet, salty, hot dish that doesn't use any of the curry
spices. Without jaggery (palm sugar, the dark variety, not the light
refined one) the flavour won't be the same, but you can substitute brown

sugar if you can't find jaggery.

750g (1 1/2 lb) round, blade, or other lean steak
2 tbsp tamarind pulp (best to buy without seeds)
1 cup hot water
2 tsp chilli powder, or to taste
1/2 tsp ground  black pepper
1/2 tsp salt or to taste
1/4 cup chopped jaggery or 2 tbsp black or brown sugar
1/3 cup oil

Cut meat into 2 cm (3/4 inch) cubes. Soak the tamarind pulp in hot water

for 10 minutes, then squeeze all the pulp from the seeds.
Strain. If more pulp is left on the seeds, add a little more water and
dissolve this too, Strain again, preferably through a fine nylon sieve.
Add chilli powder, pepper, salt and sugar and stir to dissolve sugar.
    In a small frying pan heat the oil until very hot and fry a small
portion of the meat at a time (divide meat into 5 or 6 portions) until
the
cubes are lightly browned. This generally only takes 1 minute if the oil

is hot enough and not too much is out in at one time. Lift out with
a slotted spoon and put into a saucepan. Wait until oil stops spitting,
then add and fry the next batch. repeat until all the meat has been
fried, putting each batch into a saucepan.
    Pour the tamarind mixture over the beef, bring to a boil, then allow

to simmer, covered, until meat is tender and the gravy very much
reduced. Thread on skewers and serve with Basmati rice.


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