Sunday, June 28, 2009

Peanut Chutney/Groundnut Chutney/Shenga Chutney











This is called Shenga hindi in North-Karnataka.
This is the most favourite side dish in North Karnataka and can be had along with any main dish.It is very easy to prepare,tastes great, preparation time is less and can be preserved for long.


Ingredients:
Groundnut/peanut - 1 cup
Garlic cloves - 6 pieces
Curry leaf - 5-10 leaflets
Jaggery - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp (or as per taste)
Cumin seeds/jeera - 1/2 tsp

Procedure:
1.On a hot pan,roast the Groundnut/peanuts until they turn
slightly brown.
2. peel/remove the dry skin on garlic cloves.
3. Mix all the ingredients and grind in the grinder.
(Traditionally the ingredients were powdered using the grinding "stone")

1 comment:

dreamer said...

I tried this out! Its really great! please give me more recipies