Groundnut Chutney | Peanut Chutney Recipe

This is the first time I made this chutney and god, why did I not know earlier about how easy this was to make! Peanut or groundnut chutney is like a lifesaver when you don't have any ingredients to make the regular mint chutney. It needs kitchen staple ingredients and takes less than 15 min to make. This chutney is surely going to be on repeat from now on. 

Here's the recipe!  I followed the one from veg recipes of India largely but made some additions to it and loved it. 

Ingredients: 

1/4th cup groundnuts/peanuts

1/4th cup channa dal

1 tablespoon white sesame seeds

1 inch root of ginger scraped off the skin

2 green chillies (the ones I get here are super spicy and I learned it the hard way, so add more if needed)

A bunch of curry leaves

1-2 teaspoon oil

a pinch of asafoetida 

Salt as per taste

Water

In a pan, heat the oil and roast the peanuts/groundnuts for 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, in a separate pan, dry roast the channa dal for 2-3 min till they change color. Now add curry leaves and asafoetida into the peanuts and roast for another minute or so. Add the channa dal and sesame seeds into the peanuts and roast for another 2-3 min. turn off the gas and let it cool.

In a grinder, add chopped green chillies and chopped ginger root. Also, add salt. Now add the peanut mixture and grind to a paste. You can add water according to the consistency you want. 

Now in the same pan, heat a little more oil and when hot, add mustard seeds, dried red chillies and some channa dal to it. when they start to splutter and change color, switch off the gas and pour the tadka into the ground chutney. And there you have it, delicious peanut/groundnut chutney. 

I served it for breakfast today with some freshly steamed mini idlis. #Breakfastgoals this is you guys!