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
Instructions
- 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.
Notes
- You can add tomatoes instead of tamarind.
- Add some urad dal to golden and grind along with chutney process for more flavour.
- If you are using raw peanuts you have to roast it remove skin and then add it while making chutney.