Peanut Chutney

                                                                 Peanut / Groundnut Chutney


This is one of the most simple chuntey to prepare.Peanut Chutney can be eaten with Idli, Dosa and is very tasty. It can be stored for 3-4 days in the fridge and eaten.

                                        

                                                                                                                                                                               

Ingredients:

• Peanuts/ground nuts - 1 cup(roasted and peeled)
• Green chillies - 2 to 3
• Rie - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly powder - 1 to 2 pinch  OR Dry red chilly - 1
• Lemon juice - 1(squeeze the lemon)
• Refined oil - 2 tsp
• Salt - add to taste

How to make Groundnut Chutney

1. Take the same amount of water as the cup in which you have kept the peanuts.
2.  Now add salt and red chilly powder to the peanuts then make a fine paste.

    3.Take out the paste in a bowl, if you feel the paste is too thick then add some water to it. 

    4.Now mix the lemon juice to the mix.

For Temper

1. Heat a small frying pan and pour oil in it.
2.  Put Rie in hot oil, it is fried as it makes a crackling noise. 
3. Turn off the gas. Add 1 -2 pinch red chilli powder /dry red chilly to the fried Rie then put this Tadka to the Chutney.

    4. Groundnut Chutney is ready.

      

Tips and Variations:

• If roasted peanuts are not available, then you can dry roast them over low flame in a heavy based pan for 7-8 minutes. Let them cool for 3-4 minutes and remove the skin.
• Increase or decrease the amount of red chillies to make more or less spicy respectively. Adding more chillies will in fact make it Andhra style spicy peanut chutney.
• You can avoid topping it up with mustard seeds tempering if you are going use it only for making dosa.

Serving Ideas: It can be served with south Indian dishes like steamed rice, rava idli, rice idli, plain dosa, masala dosa, medu vada, etc. Enjoy it as a spicy condiment with rasam-rice or sambhar-rice.