Peanut chutney

Peanut chutney is a mildly spicy chutney side dish, originating from the Indian subcontinent, that can be used with several snack foods and breakfast foods.^[1]

Peanut chutney

Plain dosa with peanut chutney (pictured left)
Type	Chutney
Course	Side dish
Region or state	Indian subcontinent
Main ingredients	Peanut
Ingredients generally used	Chiles, salt, and tamarind

Recipe

Peanuts are shallow fried in oil and ground with fried green chilies or dry chilies or a combination of both, some salt and tamarind.^[2] Fried garlic and lemon juice can be added for flavour.^[2] All the ingredients are ground in a mixer (blender) with some water. After diluting this chutney to required consistency, it can be tempered with fried cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves.^{[citation needed]}

Peanut chutney is good to go as a side dish with idly, dosa of all types, rotte, punugulu of all types, pakoda and many other snack foods and breakfast foods.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Food portal

• List of chutneys
• List of peanut dishes
• Peanut sauce