Satay
//sæˈteɪ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia. countable, uncountable
"Crabbe bought sateh for all: tiny knobs and wedges of fire-hot meat on wooden skewers, to be dipped in a lukewarm sauce of fire and eaten with slivers of sweet potato and cucumber."
Example
More examples"Crabbe bought sateh for all: tiny knobs and wedges of fire-hot meat on wooden skewers, to be dipped in a lukewarm sauce of fire and eaten with slivers of sweet potato and cucumber."
Etymology
From Malay sate (“satay”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai).
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