Peanut Shallots Chutney

Peanut shallot chutney is very tasty and easy to prepare chutney made with peanuts adding shallots, green chilly, tomato, garlic cloves and goes well with dosa, idli or appam.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare peanut shallots chutney.
Ingredients:
Raw Peanuts.-1/2 cup
Shallots.-6
Garlic cloves.-1
Tomato.-1 small
Green chilly.-2
Red chilly powder.-1/2 tsp
Asafoetida/ hing - a pinch
Urad dal.-1tsp
Cumin  seeds.-1/2 tsp
Coconut oil.-1tbsp+1tsp
Water.-as needed
Salt. -to taste
Mustard seeds,-1/2 tsp

Method:
1). Heat a pan and dry roast raw peanuts on low flame for 5 minutes or until colour changes. Keep aside the dry roasted peanuts to cool.

2). Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a pan and add urad dal and saute well. Splutter cumin seeds. Add slit green chilly, chopped garlic and chopped shallots into the pan and saute well till shallots become light golden colour. Add copped tomato and saute well until soft. Add a pinch of asafoetida /hing powder, red chilly powder and required salt into the pan and saute well. Add 1tbsp of water and mix everything for a minute. Switch off the flame and allow the sauteed ingredients to cool.

3). Once cooled add all the sauteed ingredients and dry roasted peanuts in a mixer jar and grind together to a smooth paste adding little water.Transfer the ground peanut shallot chutney to a bowl.

4). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a small pan for tempering and splutter mustard seeds. Switch off the flame and pour the mustard tempering into the peanut shallots chutney in the bowl and mix well.

Peanut Shallots Chutney is ready to serve with dosa idli or appam.