Andhra-style peanut chutney recipe – A friend, Indy, has been asking for a Peanut Chutney recipe for ages now. I do make it now and then but its mostly my own version, peanuts often added to give it some texture or when I don’t have enough coconut to make a plain coconut chutney. While the peanut and mint chutney goes really well with rice, this thicker peanut chutney goes with both rice and dosa, idli, etc.
I wanted to give her the Andhra peanut chutney recipe and I wanted to make it first to see it tasted good enough to share. If you’d like to check out more chutney recipes, see tomato mint chutney (no coconut), brinjal chutney, and onion tomato chutney.
Andhra Peanut Chutney Recipe
Serves 2
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup raw, unsalted peanuts
5-6 dry red chillies (adjust to taste)
3 flakes of garlic (or 1/2 tsp garlic paste)
3 shallots, sliced (or use 1 small onion)
A marble-sized piece of tamarind (or 3/4 tsp tamarind paste)
1 tsp oil
For tempering:
1 tsp oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp urad dal / split black gram
1/4 tsp channa dal / Bengal gram
1/4 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
A pinch of hing / asafoetida
A few curry leaves (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Roast the peanuts in a dry skillet until brown and the skin starts to peel off – about 10 mins or so. Once cool, you can rub them between your palms and remove the skin but I kept them on.
2. Heat 1 tsp oil and roast the shallots/onions, red chillies and garlic. Once they are browned, remove and set aside to cool.
3. Once the peanuts and the shallot mixture cool completely, grind to a smooth paste with the tamarind (fresh or paste) with about 1 tbsp of water. If you want a watery chutney, soak the tamarind in 1/4 cup water (extract juice, discard pulp) and use this for grinding. Add salt. Remove and set aside in a bowl.
4. Heat oil for tempering. Add all ingredients under the list and when the mustard seeds pop and the dals turn golden brown, remove from fire and dunk into the ground chutney. Mix well.
I served this with rice and vatha kuzhambu. If you make the watery version, it goes well with dosa and idli too.
Me and kids love peanut chutney big time. Mine is sans the garlic and onion though. Feel like heading to to the nearest Andra restaurant seeing the pics and reading the recipe!! Will try your version sometime soon Nags!
I love dry chutneys. This looks easy to make !
Nice chutney..will try next time I make idli 🙂
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This looks delicious! I only have a basic understanding of Indian cuisine– can you tell me what you would serve this with? I love Asian peanut sauces, so I think I would love this flavor! You can e-mail me at food-hound@hotmail.com THANKS!
Try is with Vietnamese Summer Roll. It goes great together
Sounds good..nice recipe and can imagine how flavorful it would be.
I do this in the same way exactly…love to eat it with idli/dosa….looks yumm
Very beautiful and tempting chutney, i dont bother to enjoy them with some crispy dosas..
wow …nice and simple recipe
Very tempting and aromatic powder. Just love it.
Wow sounds new n delicious…luved the 2nd click very much