My mother-in-law's Peanut Garlic Spice Mix
This post has been sitting for a long time in my drafts and deserved to be published earlier, my bad!
Source: My Mother-in-Law
Cuisine: South Indian, Andhra
Ingredients:
1 cup roasted peanuts/chanakkayalu
5-6 garlic cloves/vellulpayalu
10-12 curry leaves
2 tbsp cumin /jeera/jeelakara
2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder/haldi/pasupu
1 tsp salt
Method:
Dry roast the peanuts, cool and crush between hands to remove its skin. Combine all other ingredients with peanuts and grind it to a coarse powder. Store it in air tight container. Stays good in refrigerator for up to 2 months.
Usage: You can eat it with hot steamed rice with a dash of ghee/neyi/clarified butter. You can use it in any leafy curries using Palak, Thotoakura, Methi etc., or any squash or gourd curries using bitter gourd (kakarkaya/karela), ridge gourd (berakaya/turai), bottle gourd( sorakaya/dudhi), Ivy gourd(dondakaya/tindori), Okra(bendakaya/bhendi) or as per your imagination . It enhances the flavor and brings nice texture to the dish.
I already blogged one curry Koi thotakura fry using this spice mix and many more such stir fries and curries are coming soon from my kitchen. So keep visiting!
9 comments:
Thanks for sharing your spice mix recipe..it sounds delicious and I love the fact that it has peanuts in them..will try this :)
peanuts in curry powder? That is a great idea, it will give some texture as well as taste... definitely trying this!
Paddu...Love You...
Naa fav ra babu....Thanks for the recipe :-)
Hey Padma, nice recipe. We add peanuts in the chilly powder that we use for idlis and dosais as well. So, I know this would taste great :)
How kind of you to share such a wonderful family recipe. As soon as I saw the picture I thought it looked so tasty! Sounds delicious!
Padma, recipe sounds delicious, bookmarked it I am going to give this a try, however quick question do we grind raw garlic or should I roast it alpng peanuts or seperately, let me know.
I love anything to do with peanuts! I will try this.Happy Ganesh Chaturdhi to you & your family.
Sireesha said...
HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI DEAR:))
Sounds delicious and tasty......
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