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Peanut Chutney

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Blending together chiles, peanuts, cilantro, ginger, and lime juice creates a hearty, textured chutney that packs some heat. It will brighten up any crudités platter, and it’s also great simply slathered over a slice of crusty bread or used as a punchy condiment.

Recipe adapted with permission from Indian-ish by Priya Krishna with Ritu Krishna (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Copyright © 2019. 

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about ¾ cup

Ingredients

2

small Indian green chiles or serrano chiles, halved

1

1½" piece ginger, peeled, quartered

½

cup chopped cilantro

½

cup unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts

1½

Tbsp. fresh lime juice

Kosher salt

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Blend chiles, ginger, cilantro, peanuts, lime juice, and 3 Tbsp. water in a blender, adding a splash of water if needed to get it going, until mixture resembles a coarse paste. Season with salt.

    Step 2

    Do Ahead: Chutney can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.

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  • I don’t get why people are being so harsh in these comments. I think peanut chutney is terrific as an accompaniment for bready dippers like idli. butter toast would be fine too, it needs something to soak into. You just need a small smear, no need to make cups and cups of this recipe.

    • Anonymous

    • 5/25/2021

  • This is ok and I’ll eat it an serve to guests, but won’t make again. Note this makes only 3/4 cup, so it’s very fussy to scrape that small amount out of the bottom of your blender. Flavor is fine, nothing to write home about, even after adding some extra lime and salt. Cilantro/lime is my favorite flavor combination, but this still didn’t do much for me.

    • Jackie M

    • Madison, WI

    • 11/27/2020

  • Very flavorful and has a lot of heat. I added more peanuts and cilantro with about a half cup of greek yogurt to make the texture smoother and tone down the spice a bit

    • Anonymous

    • IL

    • 5/31/2019

  • Doesn't taste like peanuts, doesn't taste like cilantro, doesn't taste like ginger. The end results is less than the sum of its parts. Very bland. Not worth the effort.

    • chickenfog

    • Northern California

    • 4/1/2019

  • This is a great combination of flavors.

    • tuscantable

    • Minnesota

    • 3/26/2019