Name: Peanut Chutney Recipe | Verkadalai Chutney Recipe | Groundnut Chutney
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Raw Peanuts (1 cup - 250 ml (or Roasted Peanuts)); 6-7 nos Shallots / Baby Onions; 2 nos Garlic cloves; 3 nos Red Chili; 1 gooseberry size Tamarind ((or 1/2 tsp tamarind concentrate)); 1 tsp Salt (adjust to your taste); 1 tsp Cooking Oil; 1 tsp Cooking Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; few Curry leaves; 1 nos Red Chili

Smooth and Creamy Chutney

5 from 2 votes

Peanut Chutney (Verkadalai Chutney) is one of the popular chutney in Andhara to accompany Idly / Dosa. It's a good substitute for the conventional coconut chutney. It's smooth and creamy and also good for health. There are few variations to maket his chutney. In this recipe I have added onion and garlic.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

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Peanut Chutney is a smooth and creamy chutney made using Peanut (Groundnut). Very delicious, quick to make and a better alternate to the coconut chutney. This goes well with lots of breakfast dishes like Idli, Dosa, Pongal, Upma and almost all the breakfast items! This is a version of peanut chutney with onion and garic. We can also skip onion and garlic and instead use grated coconut.

Variations to make Peanut Chutney

Peanut chutney can be made using few variations. Some of them are given below

You can skip the onion and just make the chutney only with garlic and peanuts. This can also be made without onion and garlic.

Adding few mint leaves to the chutney elevates the flavor of the chutney.

Addition of a tomatoes makes the chutney slightly tangy. Also tomato brings nice color to the chutney. Just fry the tomato along with onion and grind the mixture

Instead of Red Chili, addition of green chili enhances the flavor and taste

You can also add 1 tsp of Urad dal. Fry this along with Onion / Garlic and grind along with other ingredients.

Recipe Card to make Peanut Chutney

Method to make Verkadalai Chutney:

Dry roast peanuts in medium flame till they are crispy. Take the Roasted peanuts aside
In the same pan, add a teaspoon of oil. When the oil is hot, add shallots, garlic and fry in oil for couple of minutes
Then, add red chili and tamarind and fry in oil along with shallots & garlic till tamarind is soft
Take the peanuts along with other fried ingredients in a mixer jar. Add necessary salt.
Grind everything to a smooth paste.
In another pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter
Add red chili, curry leaves and fry for a minute. Add the seasoned ingredients to the chutney
Serve the mouth-watering Peanut Chutney with Idli / Dosa / Pongal etc