Peel shallots, garlic and ginger and dice finely. Wash the lime hot, grate dry and grate the peel. Halve the lime and squeeze the juice. Remove the outer leaves from the lemon grass. Cut the lemon grass in half and tap a little with the back of a knife. Mix coconut milk, garlic, ginger, shallots, lime juice and zest, lemon grass, 4 tbsp. soy sauce and sugar, bring to the boil
Clean, wash and cut the chilli pepper into pieces. Grind peanuts and chilli pepper in the universal chopper
Remove lemon grass from the coconut milk. Puree the coconut milk, peanuts and chilli together in a pot, bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Stir in coriander seeds and cumin, simmer for another 3 minutes at low heat, season with soy sauce
Goes well with Asian finger food such as Satee skewers, Wan Tans and Gyoza