Basa Genep (Basic Balinese Spice Mix) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tsp Whole black pepper
• 3 x Cloves garlic
• 1/2 med Onion
• 3 x Lombok chilles
• 1 tsp Sesame seeds
• 1/4 tsp Freshly grnd nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Terasi [ blachan
• fermented shrimp paste]
• 3 x Grnd candlenuts
• 1 tsp Grnd coriander
• 1 Tbsp. Turmeric [ use fresh if available]
• 5 tsp Galangal [ laos
• use fresh if avaiable]
• 2 tsp Lesser galangal [ kencur]
• 1 Tbsp. Grated ginger
• 1/4 c. Water

Instructions

1. Grind whole seeds in pestle and mortar, then blnd all together.
2. You can use a food processor for this part.
3. It should be golden brown yellow and thick paste like.
4. This is used in many ways...rub over chicken and barbecue, marinade fish and warp in banana leaf and steam, add in to rice porridge.
5. Add in to: 300 gr chicken mince 3 lime leaves, three quarters c. grated cocunut, 2 tspn palm sugar half tspn salt, 1 tbspn fried dry onion and hald stick finely minced lemon grass.
6. kead till very sticky.
7. Mold around soaked bamboo satay sticks and charcoal grill.
8. this is chicken satay, not the kebabs which are sold for tourist consumption.