how to make fresh salad with peanut sauce (ketoprak)

Ingredients:

    * 1 fresh red or green semihot chili, cut into thin slices
    * 1 clove garlic, sliced
    * 1 teaspoon salt
    * 2 small slices kencur, soaked in water for thirty minutes (optional)
    * 3 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
    * 1 teaspoon tamarind, dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
    * 2 teaspoons sugar
    * 1 cup thin-sliced cucumbers
    * 1 cup fresh bean sprouts
    * 1 cup lettuce, broken into bite-size pieces

Instructions:

    * Crush the chili, garlic, salt, kencur and peanut butter in a mortar so it’ll become the sauce of the dish.
    * Add the tamarind liquid and sugar. Mix well.
    * Toss the sauce with the vegetables until well mixed. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Makes 4 servings, with other dishes.