Spicy Peanut Chutney

When i talk about chutney, I must start with my personal favorite and my speciality, Spicy peanut chutney. This chutney is my first choice to cook for Idli, Dosa, Paddu, Akki rotti, Ragi Rotti, Rava Rotti in my kitchen. It goes well with a sandwich as well.

Whenever we wanted to have a quick meal, My mom would make this yummy, lip smacking, spicy chutney in almost 10 mins alongside Ragi muddhe or even hot steaming rice and we would be happy souls digging into it.

This is a basic peanut chutney recipe and we can enhance the flavors by blending various new ingredients into this recipe. Generally peanut chutney stays fresh and tasty for longer time and hence its a good choice for advance cooking and storing.

Recipe Courtesy : Amma

This recipe serves 4 people

Ingredients

1. Peanuts : 2 cups.
2. Green chillies  : 5-6 chillies.
3. Garlic : 6-8 large pods.
4. Coriander leaves: 1 cup, washed and cut into large sized pieces.
5. Tamarind : 1 small lemon sized.
6. Salt : to taste.

For seasoning

1. Oil : 2 tsp.
2. Mustard seeds : 1 tsp.
3. Cumin seeds : 1 tsp.
4. Curry leaves : 10 leaves.
5. Red chillies : 2 dry red chillies.

Procedure 

• Let's start by dry roasting the peanuts on medium flame. Make sure the peanuts are roasted well from within without getting darker from outside quickly. 
• Once the peanuts are roasted well and start to spilt, take them out into a plate to let it cool. In the same hot pan, put in the garlic pods, green chillies and roast them with a drop of oil, once the chillies get slightly roasted, take them out into a plate.
• In a blender, add the peanuts, roasted garlic and chillies,tamarind, salt, coriander leaves and blend them well using water. Since peanuts tend to thicken,  add water according to the required consistency.
• In a small pan, add 2 tsp of oil on a medium flame, when the oil is hot reduce the flame and add mustard, Jeera, curry leaves and red chillies. Let everything splutter slowly. Add this to the peanut chutney and mix well.
• I prefer to make this really spicy like mom would cook. You can adjust the spice level by adding more chillies, tamarind and garlic. 
• I love to add lots of coriander leaves to get fresh zing in heavy and creamy peanut base.