Shenga Chutney ~ Easy Peanut Chutney

Shenga Chutney ~ Peanut Chutney            Preparation time :  10 mins    Total Time Taken : 15mins             Serves : 5 people

Ingredients:   Shenga/Peanuts: 3 fistfuls Coconut : 2 Tbsp Red Chilies : 5 (3 spicy + 2 byadgi chili) Garlic : 1 clove  Tamarind Paste – 1 Tsp Jaggery/Palm Sugar – little Salt for taste Oil: 1Tbsp Mustard, uriddal, curry leaves, Asafoetida for seasoning      Method : 1.       Fry peanuts and red chili in a tsp of oil . 2.       Take fried peanuts, coconut, tamarind, jiggery, salt and chili in a mixer grinder. Grind to coarse paste.   3.      Add a clove of garlic and continue to grind by adding little water at a time. If you want thick chutney, use as little water as possible.   4.      Heat remaining oil in the pan and add mustard. When mustard stops popping, add urid dal and fry till it turns red. Add curry leaves and asafetida. Pour this seasoning on ground chutney. 5.      Serve it with idli or dosa.

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