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Healthy Tangy Spicy Peanut Chutney Recipe

Brighten up your meal with this unique, easy to make, spicy and tangy peanut chutney. This vegan protein chutney is creamy and thick with a beautiful blend of flavour.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine South Indian
Keyword groundnut chutney, healthy chutney, idli dosa chutney, paniyaram, peanut chutney, protein rich food, South Indian chutney
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 Mixer Grinder

Ingredients

For Grinding

  • 1/2 cup Raw Peanuts with skin
  • 1 medium Tomato
  • 3 Dry Red Chilies increase or reduce as per your preferred spice level
  • 1 tbsp Groundnut or Sesame Oil
  • 2 tbsps Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 cup Water or as required to get smooth chutney
  • Salt to taste

For Tempering

  • 1 tbsp Groundnut or Sesame Oil
  • 1/2 Mustard Seeds
  • 7-8 Curry Leaves
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida/Hing

Instructions

For Grinding

  • In a flat bottom pan, heat 1 tbsp oil to a medium heat. Add raw peanuts and roast till they change colour and become fragrant. 
  • Once peanuts are roasted, in the same pan add roughly chopped tomato, salt and dried chilli. Cook on a medium to low flame till tomato becomes mushy. If the need be, you can sprinkle some water to cook tomato.
  • Remove from heat and allow it to cool a little. Then add everything to a mixer grinder. Add lemon juice and 1/8th cup of water. 
  • Give it a blitz. Now add remaining water and blend till it becomes smooth and creamy. You can add more water if required but don’t add too much. Add little at a time. 
  • Empty the chutney into a bowl. Keep aside.

For Tempering

  • For tempering, heat a tbsp of oil. Add mustard seeds and asafoetida/hing. Let mustard seeds splutter. Turn off the flame. 
  • Now add curry leaves and swirl it around. Let curry leaves rest in hot oil for 15-20 seconds then add this tempering to the chutney and mix well.
  • Check for salt and lemon juice. Adjust as per your liking. Your chutney is ready to serve.

Notes

  • You can adjust the consistency by adding less or more water, but do not make the consistency runny or thin.
  • To make groundnut chutney, always use fresh dry peanuts. Do not use peanuts that have gone rancid.
  • In case raw peanuts are not available, you can make this chutney with roasted salted peanuts. In that case, please be mindful of additional salt.
  • You can replace lemon juice with tamarind. Rinse or soak the tamarind in some water before you blend it with the remaining ingredients.