Peanut Chutney For Idli/Dosa

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (150g) raw peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds/jeera
  • ½ teaspoon urad daal
  • 1 pinch asafetida/heeng
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 small piece ginger
  • ½ cup shallots/onion
  • 5-6 dry red chillies
  • 1 inch tamarind
  • ½ teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder
  • salt to taste
  • water as required
For tempering/tadka
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon urad daal
  • 6-8 fresh curry leaves
  • 1-2 dry red chillies

Note– Please read recipe notes in the end.

Main Equipment Used

Steps In Making

Peanut Chutney
  1. In a pan dry roast the raw peanuts for 3-4 minutes or until they becomes slightly dark in colour. Once done remove them in a bowl.
  2. In the same pan add oil and once it turns hot, add cumin seeds, urad dal, asafetida and sauté for few seconds.
  3. Now add garlic cloves and ginger and cook them for 30-40 seconds.
  4.  Further add the shallots and cook till it gets light golden brown colour. Do not over cook them.
  5. Now add dry red chillies, tamarind and kashmiri red chilli powder and cook for few more seconds. Once done, let the mixture cool down.
  6. To make the peanut chutney, in a mixer grinder add the roasted peanuts along with the onion masala we prepared and some water. Now grind them together. Scrape the sides in between and grind till it gets a coarse texture. Add water in between whenever needed. I have used around 1 cup of water. Once done, remove the peanut chutney in a bowl.
For tempering/taka
  1. Heat oil in a pan. Now add mustard seeds, urad dal, dry red chillies and asafetida. Sauté for few seconds or till the mustard seeds start to splutter.
  2. Lastly add the curry leaves and mix well.
  3. Now pour the tadka on the prepared peanut chutney.
  4. Serve with idli, dosa, vada, uttapam etc. Tastes best when fresh. Can be stored for upto a day in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

  • You can completely skip the dry red chillies, if you don’t like the spicy flavour or remove the seeds of the dry red chillies to reduce the heat.
  • If you are using the roasted peanuts then skip the roasting step.
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