Verkadalai / Peanut Chutney

Ingredients:

• Roasted and peeled Groundnuts – 1 Cup
• Whole red chillies – 6 to 7
• Tamarind – 1/2 tsp ( 1/4 the small lime size )
• Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Urud dhal - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Salt – as required
• Oil – 2 tsp

Method:

1. Take a pan, add 2 tsp of oil.

2. Once the oil is ready, add the red chillies and  roast them.

3. In a mixer grind together the roasted and peeled ground nut, roasted red chillies, tamarind, grated coconut along with required salt.

4. Grind well till you get a chutney consistency using water.

5. Take the pan again and add some oil and heat it. Once ready add the mustard seeds, urud dhal and cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.

6. Then add it to season the chutney.

Yummy peanut chutney is ready to served. I served this chutney with onion oothappam. I hope you all will like it :)