Peanut chutney | Groundnut chutney | kadalai chutney
Peanut chutney is a simple and healthy chutney made with roasted ground nuts and served as side dish for Idli and dosa.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
For Chutney:
- 1 cup raw peanuts 200g
- Tamarind gooseberry size
- ¾ tsp salt as per taste
- 5-6 red chillies
- 5 garlic pods
For seasoning:
- 1 tsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- Few curry leaves
Instructions
Recipe:
- In a flat pan, take a cup of raw dried peanuts.
- Dry roast them in low to medium flame for ten full minutes.
- Continue to stir fry the peanuts until they become nicely roasted.
- Since we are dry roasting the skin of the peanuts become dark in color. But wait until you get this dark brown color to get properly roasted nuts.
- By this time, you will get popping sounds from the nuts meaning they are almost done.
- At last, add the red chillies, garlic and tamarind along with salt. Give a quick stir and switch off.
- Let this cool down and grind into smooth chutney using a cup of water. Ground nuts take lots of water to get ground.
Seasoning the chutney:
- Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard and let them splutter.
- Put a pinch of asafoetida and fresh curry leaves.
- Fry the curry leaves until they become crisp.
- Pour this seasoning on top of the ground chutney along with the oil before serving.
- Serve with hot steamy idlis and soft dosas.
Notes
Tips: 1) For making this chutney use dried peanuts only because raw fresh peeled peanuts have lots of moisture and take more time for dry roasting. 2) If you have already oil roasted/dry roasted groundnuts, skip roasting part and grind. 3) Finally, if you don't like to have this kadalai chutney with skin on it, just rub the roasted nuts and remove the skins.
Nutrition
Calories: 380kcal
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