Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Groundnut chutney - from my mom


My mom used to make this ground nut chutney along with Crispy dosas or crispy paniyaram(this is a small crispy balls made with same dosa batter , also called as Paddu in kannada). My dad loves this chutney , and so do I. People who are calorie conscious can try it out once at-least to know this taste.and today I am going to make this .....

Ingredients:
 Ground nut - 1 cup (dried ground nuts)
 Red chillies - 3 - 4 (or depends on your spice level)
 Tamarind - small gooseberry size(you can reduce it if you do not like it tangy)
 Salt to taste
 For seasoning:
 Oil- 1/2 spoon
 Curry leaves
 mustard - 1/4 tsp
 Urad dhal- 1/2 tsp
  channa dhal- 1/2 tsp

Method:
         Dry fry the ground nuts in a pan until the skin peels off , keep turning it aroundor it will get burnt. Once the ground nuts are fried, cool them and crush them with you palm, so the skin comes out. Now separate the skin from the ground and grind together the ground nuts, tamarind, red chillies, salt with water. This chutney should not be thick, it should be little running consistency. Now heat a pan with  oil and add mustard, uradh dhal, channa dhal, when the dhal browns add the curry leaves and switch off the heat..Add this seasoning to the chutney and enjoy this with Idli /Dosa/Paniyarram.

I have also tasted this groundnut chutney with coconut added to it.. But I like this plain ground nut chutney...

1 comment:

  1. if little coconut is added while grinding , it will enhance the taste of the chutney:)

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