Hot Peanut Sauce Recipe (Saus Kacang Pedas)

Ingredients :
1/4 cup 1 tablespoon 1 clove 1/4 teaspoon 4 4 tablespoons 3/4 cup 1/2 teaspoon 1 tablespoon 2 teaspoons 1 tablespoon	Peanut oil Dried onion flakes Garlic, crushed Dried shrimp paste Fresh red chilies, seeded and chopped Peanut butter Water Salt Dark soy sauce Palm sugar or substitute Tamarind liquid or lemon juice
Method : Heat oil in a wok or small frying pan and fry onion flakes briefly until they turn golden. Remove from oil and drain on absorbent paper. Leave about 2 tablespoons oil in pan, fry the garlic, dried shrimp paste and chilies for a minute on low heat, crushing the shrimp paste with the back of a spoon. Add peanut butter and water and stir until blended. Remove from heat and add salt, soy sauce, sugar and tamarind. If necessary add more water to make it a thick pouring consistency. When cool stir in crumbled onion flakes. Serve at room temperature.