Spicy Peanut Chutney

                      Peanut chutney is a great side for Dosa, Idli, Upma, Uttapam. When i made this chutney for the first time, my husband became fan for this chutney. The simple masala, we add will increase the taste of this chutney.

Ingredients:  

• 1 cup Peanuts
• 4 tsp red chilli powder
• 6 garlic pods
• 1/2 cup tamarind juice  (extracted from a marble size of tamarind)
• Salt as per taste
• 3 tsp oil

 

For masala:

• 1/2 tsp avvalu / mustard seed
• 1 tsp jeera / cumin
• 8 - 10 curry leaves
• 1/4 cup urad dal / menapa pappu

Method:

• Take 1 tsp oil in a pan, add garlic pods and peanuts.
• Roast them on a low flame until crisp. switch off the stove and add red chilli powder. (so that chilli powder will not burn).
• Now grind the peanuts along with the  tamarind juice. Adjust water to make it runny.
• Now add 2 tsp oil to a pan, when the oil is hot add mustard seeds / avvalu and jeera, let them splutter. 
• Add urad dal and curry leaves. When urad dal turns slightly golden color switch off the flame, let it cool. 
• Make the urad dal mixture into powder in a blender.
• Before serving the chutney, add the powder. (Add the powder only before serving).