Peanut/Groundnut Chutney

Peanut or Kadalekaayi Chutney(in Kannada) is a common breakfast accompaniment in South India-be in restaurants or at home. It’s made with roasted peanuts, chilies, garlic, cumin seeds, tamarind pulp, and black peppercorns.

Preparing this chutney at home is very easy and hardly takes about 10 minutes. Every household has a different version of this condiment. This recipe is an adaptation from my mom’s, which I and my husband love!

I hope you try this and like it as much as we do!

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Peanut/Groundnut Chutney

Quick and easy side dish for dosa, idly and rotti made with roasted peanuts, garlic, black peppercorns, cumin seeds, red chili and tamarind pulp

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Easy Chutney Recipe, Groundnut Chutney, Peanut Chutney

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanuts (approx 200g) freshly roasted and cooled
• 1 small garlic clove
• ¾ tsp cumin seeds
• ¼ tsp black peppercorns
• 3 dried red chilies
• ½ tsp salt or as per taste
• 1 tbsp tamarind pulp
• 2 cups water

Tadka

• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• ¼ tsp mustard seeds
• a sprig of curry leaves
• 1 dried red chili (byadagi) split

Instructions

• Add into a mixer jar: roasted peanuts, red chili, garlic, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, tamarind pulp, and salt into a smooth powder.
  
• Add water and blend again.

  Taste for salt and adjust if necessary.

  Add water and blend again if you need a slightly runny consistency.
  
• Heat oil in a small pan on low heat.

  Add mustard seeds and allow them to pop. Split and add dried red chilies and curry leaves.

  Turn off the heat and pour this tadka over the chutney.
• Mix and serve delicious peanut/groundnut chutney with dosa, rotti, or idly.
  

Check out akki rotti, ragi rotti recipes which go very well with this chutney