Peanut Chutney Recipe | Verkadalai Chutney Recipe | Groundnut Chutney
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.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 59kcal
Equipment
- Mixer
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
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 ½ teaspoon tamarind concentrate)
- 1 teaspoon Salt adjust to your taste
- 1 teaspoon Cooking Oil
For Tempering
- 1 teaspoon Cooking Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- few Curry leaves
- 1 nos Red Chili
Instructions
Roasting the Peanuts (If you are using roasted peanuts then skip this step)
- Dry roast peanuts in medium flame till they are crispy. Take the Roasted peanuts aside
Cooking Onion & Garlic
- 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
Grinding the Chutney
- Take the peanuts along with other fried ingredients in a mixer jar. Add necessary salt.
- Grind everything to a smooth paste
Tempering
- 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
Notes
- Adjust the consistency by adding required water
- The onion and garlic can be skipped and we can make this chutney as no onion / no garlic chutney as well.
- Instead of Red Chili, Green Chili can also be used.
- We can also use readily available roasted peanut for making this chutney
Nutrition
Serving: 2tablespoon | Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Sodium: 148mg | Potassium: 78mg