Wednesday, December 4, 2013

PEANUT CHUTNEY !!



Ingredients:

1 cup - peanuts
5 dried red chillies
1 small onion and 1 garlic clove - sliced to big chunks
2 teaspoons - tamarind pulp or to taste
½ tsp salt or to taste
For seasoning:- 1 tsp each - cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal and 5-6 curry leaves

Direction:


Place an iron skillet on stove top and on medium heat, slowly roast the peanuts to golden brown color. Cool and rub the skins off.

Heat a tablespoon of oil to smoking point in an iron skillet. Add and brown dried red chillies, onion and garlic.
Wait few minutes for them to cool down.
Take roasted peanuts in a blender/food processor. Grind to fine.
Add other ingredients, plus tamarind, salt and a cup of water.
Grind to fine consistency.
Remove the chutney to a bowl.
Do the tadka (toast seasoning ingredients listed above, in half teaspoon of oil in a vessel), add them to the chutney.
Mix and serve.Goes very well with idli ,dosa .ghee roast etc.
Enjoy 

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