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Roasted peanuts and pudina chutney

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Coconut chutney is the usual accompanient with idlis. But, at my in-laws place i learnt this unique and tasty recipe for a chutney with roasted peanuts and pudina. It goes very well with idlis, upma or any kind of dosas. Roasted peanuts and pudina chutney 1 cup peanuts 1 bunch pudina leaves (seperated from stem) 4-5 green chillies (slit vertically in half) 1 tsp salt or to taste 1/8 tsp tamarind paste For tempering 1/4 tsp mustard seeds/rai 1/4 tsp cumin seeds/jeera 2 red chillies asefotedia Dry roast the peanuts in a kadhai. keep them aside in a plate to cool. In the meanwhile, heat about 1/2 tbsp oil in the same kadhai and saute the pudina leaves and green chillies until the leaves darken a bit. Take care that the leaves don't become too dark. They should still retain their original green color. Grind the roasted peanuts, pudina and chillies along with salt and a little tamarind paste dissolved in water. The chutney should be the consistency of a thick porridge. Finally for the t