~ Cut the pork diagonally to the fiber as thinly as possible into slices, then about 10 cm long and 3 cm wide strips. Soak the wooden skewers in water so that they do not burn so easily later on the grill.
~ Remove the skin from the galangal and chop finely, cut the lemongrass into thin slices. Crush both together with the coriander and the cumin in a mortar. Season the pork with it. Stir in 1/2 tsp salt, the pepper, 1 tbsp sugar, the curry powder and 3 tbsp thick coconut milk.
~ Marinate the pork for at least 1 hour, then thread it lengthwise onto the soaked skewers in an accordion fashion.
For the peanut sauce: ~ Crush the peanuts in a mortar.
~ Heat the oil in a small saucepan. Sauté the curry paste briefly, stir in the remaining coconut milk and make for 1 minute. Add the peanuts, palm or brown sugar, 1 tsp. salt and 3 tbsp. vinegar and simmer the sauce over low heat for 15 min. until it is creamy.
For the cucumber salad: ~ Peel the cucumber, quarter lengthwise and cut into very thin slices. Slice the shallots into paper-thin slices as well. Rinse, de-stem and de-seed the pepper, then cut into thin rings.
~ Make 1/7 liters of water with the remaining vinegar, the remaining sugar and 1 pinch of salt for about 1 minute, then cool.
~ Just before serving the cucumber mixture.