groundnut chutney without coconut / peanut(verkadalai) chutney

Groundnuts or peanuts as such is a filling snack with low glycemic index with high protein content. Love peanuts like crazy for its nutty taste and its totally addictive in its own way. Either boiled with skin, roasted or may be with shell or whatever its so irresistible for me. The chutney using peanuts may be made in many ways. This groundnut chutney without coconut is one such approach I love to make each time. Its very simple but very tasty chutney. We need not need any tomatoes and for that only we are adding tamarind for tartness. Well roasted peanuts with skin removed is the way I like to do most of the time. Some make it with skin but I don’t love it. Have added small onions you can substitute with

big onion which gives much more volume to this dish. Of course adding coconut is yet another way which will also be very delicious. I have added both dry chillies and green chillies for making chutney but you can skip red chillies and do this verkadalai chutney. Do try this excellent side dish of groundnut chutney without coconut you will sure love it. Never miss to try my verkadalai urundai  idicha urundai , Indian peanuts chat/peanut chaat(salad)recipe , ragi simili / simili urundai/ ragi peanut sesame(ellu) balls  in my space here.

groundnut chutney without coconut / peanut(verkadalai) chutney

INGREDIENTS:

Varutha verkadalai/roasted peanuts – 1/2 cup
Small onion – 1/4 cup
Tamarind /puli – 1 inch piece
Green chillies – 2
Garlic cloves – 1 or2
Salt as per need
Oil – 1/2 tsp for sautéing
Oil – 1/2 tsp for tadka
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves some
Red chillies – 2-3
Asafoetida/hing – a pinch

METHOD:

1.Take a kadai add a little oil saute onions green and red chillies for some time.
2.Then add roasted peanuts, garlic cloves, tamarind piece with needed salt and saute a little.

3.Let it cool and grind to a smooth paste.
4.In-between make tadka by heating oil add mustard to splutter with curry leaves and hing.
5.Add this to chutney serve with idli or dosa.