PEANUT CHUTNEY POWDER
Ingredients
- 2 cup Peanut Ground nut
- 1/2 cup Roasted chana dal / Bhuna hua Chana / Putani
- 8 - 10 flakes Garlic, , peeled .
- 10 - 18 Red Chilli, mix both spicy + red color giving chilli variety ( guntur + byadgi variety)
- a handful Curry Leaves
- lime size Tamarind
- 1 tsp Cooking oil
- to taste Salt
Instructions
- Dry roast peanuts in a kadai or microwave , till the skin peels off or brown spots appear on them.
- Dry roast fried gram a little, till they get crispy.
- Add a teaspoon of oil to the frying pan. Keep the flame on low and roast red chillies and tamarind.Mid way,add curry leaves, and continue to roast till red chillies,tamarind and curry leaves have turned crisp.
- Transfer all the roasted ingredients into the frying pan including raw garlic.Next ,fry the mixture for another 1-2 mins and take off from the heat.Garlic will not get crisp,it will be little raw only.Allow the mixture to cool completely before grinding.
- Transfer the above mixer jar,add salt and pulse it to a medium coarse powder, don't make it too smooth. That's it Peanut chutney pudi is ready.Store it in air tight container. If handled properly can store for months together.
- To serve mix a spoonful of peanut chutney powder with a dash of ghee / butter /oil/curd and serve as an accompaniment for Idly /Dosa/Paniyaram/Jowar Roti etc ...even hot rice.
Notes
- Grind the peanut mix only after it is cooled well. Else oil will come out of it while grinding.
- Grind the powder to a medium coarse consistency .Making too smooth will convert into lump coz of oiliness in it.
- If you wish you can add 2 tbsp roasted dry coconut / kopra too. Roast and add.
- In case you don't like garlicky taste, you can omit it. Instead add another handful of curry leaves.
- To make it a more quicker version than the above : just buy ready roasted peanuts.Also instead of roasting red chillies, can use red chilli powder .