Peanut Chutney/ Dip

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanuts
• 1 medium onion
• sliced
• 3 -4 green chilies
• halfed
• marble sized tamarind pod
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
• 1 pinch asafetida powder
• 3 -5 teaspoons oil
• salt

Instructions

1. dry roast the peanuts until light brown and deskin the nuts or buy dry roasted salted peanuts without skin.
2. Heat oil in a pan and saute onion, chillies and tamarind until soft and soggy.
3. allow the mixture to cool.
4. Now grind the peanuts and the sauted mixture in a blender.
5. add few tsp of water if needed.
6. Add salt to the mixture.
7. TEMPERING - Add mustard, urad dal and asafetida in hot oil and fry for a minute.
8. Then pour over the tempering into the chutney and serve.
9. Small Tip - This chutney is good even with out tempering.
10. Mix the blended mixture to hot rice and serve.