Peanut Chutney

Cooking Time: 1/2 hour

serves 5-6

Ingredients:
2 cups peanuts
1/2 tbsp. red chilli powder
1/2 tbsp. salt
1 tsp. /var/www/hin seeds
2 tsp. sugar
2-3 pinches asafoetida

Method:

1-Roast the peanuts lightly. Rub the nuts with a wad of cloth when a bit cooled.
2-This will remove the thin covering easily.
3-Blow out the skins, sieve with a large-holed sieve if any skins are leftover.
4-Put all the ingredients, with the nuts, in a dry grinder. Grind very coarsely.
5-Transfer the contents to a mortar and pestle.
6-Pound till the oil shows on fingers on touching.
7-Serve dry with rice. Or mix into some plain yoghurt to make a thick chutney .
8-This may be served with snacks like vadas or bhajias.
Store in a clean dry jar.

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