I had been meaning to make peanut chutney for the longest time now. A co-worke had brought this ‘lip smacking’ peanut chutney into work one day and ever since I had been pestering him to get the recipe from his wife. He did oblige shortly (or rather his sweet wife did) and then somehow between this and that, I never got a chance to making it. Then as it so happened I saw the recipe for a curry leaves chutney in a Facebook group which I was attracted to instantly too. So finally the last time I made idlis, I decided to mix up the two and make this fabulous chutney with the two awesome ingredients – peanuts for the nutty smooth taste and fresh curry leaves in a good proportion to give it a really lovely and healthy dose of flavor!
Needless to say, this chutney went fabulously with the idlis. But I continued relishing it for the next day or two as an accompaniment to rice also. I have a feeling this will go well with pretty much anything – tortilla chips,pita chips, toast etc etc. Without further ado, here is the recipe. Enjoy!
Bringing this to Fiesta Friday where the wonderful Jhuls is the co-host this week who blogs at Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook. Also Linking to Throwback Thursday this week.
When I first saw your recipe I thought curry leaves would be from Fenugreek. I planted some fenugreek seeds that my cardiologist gave me. I was surprised to find that I got a wonderful version of clover! Not the same as what you are posting as curry leaves. So, what exactly are curry leaves? Can you find a scientific name for them?
Hello! This link shows more details regarding the genus and species for Curry leaves : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_tree. And amazon stocks them looks like although it is best and cheaper to purchase them from an Indian local grocer. Hope that helps! And yes fenugreek is very flavorful and has medicinal properties too but is different from curry leaves.
Thank you so much. Now I have some wonderful homework to do.
Good Luck! 🙂
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Yummy chutney with peanuts
Very nice recipe, nice writing too…snaps very appetizing too ☺
thanks so much! Appreciate it!
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Peanut and curry leaves sounds very good together in chutney. This must be so so good!! 😀 Thanks for sharing, Indu. I hope everything is okay with you. Hugs! <3
Hi Jhuls! yes indeed yummy chutney 🙂 I am doing ok. Stopped my medications since they were giving me too many problems. Going the natural route now with naturopathy and yoga. How are you doing?
I love your recipes and this looks simply amazing. I would never have thought of making a peanut chutney, on my to do list! A brilliant recipe 🙂
thank you Petra. Hope you find curry leaves. You can also try using dried curry leaves if you don’t get fresh ones.
Lovely, I’d definitely like to try this 🙂
Do try Elaine. You won’t regret it 🙂
I would definitely want to try this 🙂
Hi nandini, yes do try it.I am sure you will like it. It is definitely one chutney to be added to my chutney collection from now.