Setelah memarut jahe, saya mengaduk saus itu sampai rata.

Setelah means after. It introduces a time clause, so Setelah memarut jahe means After grating the ginger.

In Indonesian, it is very common to begin a sentence with a time expression like this:

• Setelah makan, saya belajar. = After eating, I studied.
• Sebelum tidur, dia membaca. = Before sleeping, he reads.

So in your sentence, the action of grating happens first, and the stirring happens after that.

Parut is the root word, meaning to grate or grater depending on context.
Memarut is the verb form meaning to grate.

This happens because Indonesian often adds the meN- prefix to make an active verb:

• parut → memarut = to grate
• aduk → mengaduk = to stir

There is also a sound change here:

• root starts with p
• with meN-, the p usually disappears
• so parut becomes memarut, not memparut

This is a very common pattern in Indonesian verb formation.

The subject is understood to be the same as the subject in the main clause: saya.

So:

• Setelah memarut jahe, saya mengaduk saus itu sampai rata.

naturally means:

• After grating the ginger, I stirred the sauce until evenly mixed.

In Indonesian, when a subordinate clause and the main clause have the same subject, the subject in the subordinate clause is often omitted because it is already clear.

If you wanted to make it explicit, you could say:

• Setelah saya memarut jahe, saya mengaduk saus itu sampai rata.

But that sounds more repetitive and is often unnecessary.

Jahe means ginger.

Indonesian usually does not require articles like a, an, or the. Whether it means ginger, the ginger, or some ginger depends on context.

So:

• memarut jahe = grate ginger / grate the ginger

The sentence does not need an article for it to sound natural.

Mengaduk means to stir or to mix by stirring.

It is commonly used for liquids, sauces, soup, batter, and similar things:

• mengaduk kopi = stir coffee
• mengaduk sup = stir soup
• mengaduk saus = stir sauce

So here it specifically suggests stirring the sauce, not just mixing in a general sense.

In Indonesian, itu usually comes after the noun when it means that or functions somewhat like the in context.

So:

• saus itu = that sauce / the sauce
• buku itu = that book
• rumah itu = that house

This word order is normal in Indonesian. English speakers often expect that sauce, but Indonesian puts itu after the noun.

Sampai means until, and rata literally means even, level, or uniform.

In cooking, rata often means evenly mixed or well distributed. So:

• mengaduk saus itu sampai rata = stir the sauce until it is evenly mixed

This is a very common cooking expression. You may also see:

• aduk sampai rata = stir until evenly mixed
• campur sampai rata = mix until evenly distributed

So rata here does not mean flat in the physical sense; it means the mixture is uniform.

The comma separates the introductory time clause from the main clause:

• Setelah memarut jahe, = After grating the ginger,
• saya mengaduk saus itu sampai rata. = I stirred the sauce until evenly mixed.

This is similar to English, where a comma is often used after an introductory clause.

In Indonesian writing, this comma is natural and helps readability, especially when the sentence begins with setelah, sebelum, ketika, and similar expressions.

Yes. You can also put the setelah clause later:

• Saya mengaduk saus itu sampai rata setelah memarut jahe.

This still means essentially the same thing: I stirred the sauce until evenly mixed after grating the ginger.

However, beginning with Setelah memarut jahe gives a slightly stronger sense of sequence and sounds very natural in instructions or narration.

Not always. Sampai has several common uses, including:

• until
• up to
• arrive at
• sometimes to in certain contexts

Examples:

• Saya menunggu sampai malam. = I waited until night.
• Dia sampai di rumah. = He arrived at home.
• Buka sampai halaman 10. = Open up to page 10.

In your sentence, sampai rata clearly means until it becomes even / evenly mixed.

Because both are active verbs with saya as the doer:

• memarut = grating
• mengaduk = stirring

The meN- prefix is very common in standard Indonesian for active transitive verbs, especially when the action is done by the subject to an object:

• memarut jahe = grate ginger
• mengaduk saus itu = stir the sauce

So the pattern here is very typical Indonesian grammar:

• action verb with meN-
• followed by the object

That is why the sentence sounds natural and standard.