The first time I tasted peanut chutney / groundnut chutney / verkadalai chutney was from a friend during our college days and from then I have been a fan of this creamy chutney.Piping hot soft idlis with any chutney or tiffin sambar is a staple at home. Mittu loves onion tomato chutney, and she licks it even without the main course 🙂
Peanut Chutney Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Peanuts – 1/3 cup
Small Onion(Shallots) – 14
Red Chillies – 2
Garlic -2 pearls (optional)
Tamarind – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Gingelly Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves – few
Hing – a pinch
Method:
- Dry roast peanuts till nice aroma rises and they turn slightly browned ,remove the skin and set aside. Heat 1/2 tsp oil – add onion,garlic,red chillies and tamarind saute till slightly browned. Cool down and grind this along with peanuts.
- Grind it to a smooth paste. Heat remaining 1/2 tsp oil and add the items listed under ‘to temper’ and add it to the chutney. Add required salt and mix well to combine.
Your peanut chutney is ready. Serve with idlis or dosass.
My Notes:
- Though adding garlic is optional, if you like garlic flavour dont skip it. I recommend adding it.
- Adding tamarind gives a slightly tangy taste to the chutney as peanuts gives a sweet taste. Also adding 2 red chillies is apt to compensate for the sweetness.
- I have seen some not removing skin too, its purely our preference. But I feel a slight bitter taste so always remove the skin.
- Another variation is you can add raw coconut while grinding or even saute a tbsp of coconut with onions and then grind it.
I've tasted Peanut chutney with idli when we went to Tirupati,I think.Love the hint of Peanut and garlic when biting through idli dipped in the chutney.Hope you had a great Diwali!
So delicious and a change to the standard and regular coconut chutney!!
Sowmya
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Peanut chutney is my favorite. Love em.. and with soft idlis its a hit…
My mom makes this chutney. I love this. Nice pics.
Hi Sharmilee, ur peanut chutney looks delicious.
Nice click.
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Tempting healthy breakfast..yummy
Sharmilee.. Your idli's look so soft and fluffy and I am sure they must have tasted heavenly with that peanut chutney!!! Yum !!
LifeScoops
Looks yummy loves it
Oh I just love this chutney! Hot idlis and this chutney is comfort food!
love the chutney .. a different version … will try this …..
I like the tempering on top, am sure it tastes great!
It has been long time since i made this, lovely chutney and nice click too
yummy chutney,luks tempting…
I dont add shallots,will try next time,btw we are peanut chutney lovers.
This chutney looks superb…will try soon!!!
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Peanut chutney came out very well.yhx mam for ur recepie
Hey, I tried to make Peanut chutney, but it did not come out as I expected. I could not eliminate the bitterness in the chutney. Any opinions or suggestions as to where I might have gone wrong?
-Dipti
@Dipti : You must have grinded it for more time else the skin must have given the bitterness
Hi Sharmilee, I made your Peanut Chutney for Idlis. It was yummy and my family loved it. Thank you. I have bookmarked your blog address. Would love ot try your other dishes.
Regards,
Geetha
hi
can i replace shallots with big onion
@Meenal : Yes you can use big onion too..
made it today.. tastiest peanut chutney I ever had! thanks for sharing
hi Sharmi … i love ur blog…. n today i tried 3 of ur dishes… n im in love wit ur recipes…. i made peanut chutney, eggless sponge cake n mutton chukka my family loved all of them…..al the three turned out well…. thank u so much n keep adding more..
What a yummy chutney!
Hi Sharmi,
How long does this chutney last in the fridge? I am planning to make these over the weekend to save some time cooking during the week.
Thanks,
Ruch
It will last for 2-3 days when refrigerated.
Thanks! I made the peanut chutney last night and it turned out great. A few modifications from original recipe- I used already shelled and roasted peanuts so just had to toast them for a few seconds. I also did not temper it instead I put all ingredients in a few tsp of oil, quick fried them and grinded them together. The taste came out nutty, sweet and just brilliant. This was my first time with the peanut chutney. I'll be making your sambhar tonight to go with the idlis and chutney. Keep up the good work.
i tried this chutney..its very tasty..
for some reason i was not able to make peanut chutney tasty..ur pics which shows what quantity of ingredients to use helped a lot to make my chutney awesome.Will try your receipes as well
Another winning recipe Sharmi…. Made it a couple of times and realised that it's the best or rather the only way to get my daughter to eat peanuts. Delicious and healthy. Wow.
I usually grind roasted peanuts,garlic,a little bit curry leaves,tamarind.
I used to see my grandma make it. I follow the same till now. Roasted peanuts. garlic, a little curry leaves, tamarind. I love peanut chutney!!
Hi.sharmil..pls post.. how to prepare idli by MULTI GRAIN -atleast a five grains. … pls post as soon as possible….
thanks a lot….
Sure will post it in future
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Sharmileeji, I followed your method for this chutney and the result was superb….liked it a lot. Although I didn't add tadka in the end…it still tasted yummy.
I usually just roast the peanuts and then grind it with red chillies, salt and tamarind- quick and tasty…going forward I will use your method whenever I have some extra time. 🙂
Thank you
Rajani
Just made it this morning and had it with dosas.At last,i have found just the right peanut chutney.Excellent..this is a keeper.