Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

noun

1. a thick, brown gravy made of both powdered and ground roasted peanuts with spices such as chilli, assam, shallots, garlic, lemongrass, galangal, and sugar, mixed together in a base of oil. Its composition may differ across cuisines and regions; for example, the Chinese version often includes a dollop of pineapple sauce. It is most often eaten as an accompaniment to satay, but is also used in other dishes such as satay bee hoon.

'There's satay sauce in the cupboard,' you say.
'Satay sauce is everywhere.'
Maria doesn't know the origin of satay sauce, but she knows that the Dutch like to mix it into food.

— 2020, Intan Paramaditha. The Wandering. Random House. ISBN: 9781473562394.

synonyms:

kuah