Peanut Chutney Powder | Shenga Chutney Pudi

Peanut chutney powder, also known as Shenga chutney pudi, is an easy and healthy North Karnataka side dish recipe prepared using roasted peanuts (groundnuts), red chili powder, curry leaves, garlic, tamarind, jaggery, and salt.

Preparing homemade chutney pudi or powder is very easy and a lifesaver. This popular peanut dry chutney powder (pudi) is generally served along with jolada roti and ennegayi palya in North Karnataka.

I have shared quite a few pudi or podi recipes till now, but this shenga chutney pudi recipe is my favorite and is frequently used at home.

I learned this recipe from my mom, she makes the best peanut chutney pudi, and I often share it with my friends since there is so much demand for it.

My husband has the habit of having this shenga chutney powder with almost every dish. I usually sprinkle on dosa, idli, bread toast, or eat as a side with jowar roti or chapati or quickly use it to thicken your curries and gravies.

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• Ingredients
• How to Make Peanut Chutney Powder
• Tips to make Shenga Chutney Pudi
• Variations
• Recipe FAQs
• More Chutney Powder Recipes
• Peanut Chutney Powder Recipe (Shenga Chutney Pudi)

Ingredients

• Peanut/groundnut/shenga/kadlekai: use roasted peanuts. Roasting peanuts on medium-low flame is very important to get the best flavor.
• Red chili powder: adjust as per your spice level, or you can also dry roast red dry chillies and use them.
• Garlic cloves: 3-4 garlic cloves or two full bulbs if it is Indian garlic.
• Curry leaves: I use 1 stalk, you can increase if you like.
• Jaggery: it's optional, but gives a nice flavor.
• Tamarind: add a little.

How to Make Peanut Chutney Powder

Firstly, heat a pan or kadai and dry roast peanuts on low flame until they get roasted well, and brown spots appear.

Transfer it to another plate. Cool completely. You can also roast the peanuts in the air fryer.

In the same Kadai add curry leaves and dry roast on medium flame until they turn dry and crispy. Cool Completely.

Add all the ingredients mentioned in the ingredients section into a mixer jar.

Then dry grind it using pulse mode and make it a medium-coarse powder. (*SEE VIDEO FOR REFERENCE).

Transfer it back to the plate, and mix it well. Yields 1 cup of peanut garlic chutney powder. Store it in an air-tight container. Serve it with roti or chapati.

Tips to make Shenga Chutney Pudi

1. I have roasted the peanuts on the gas top on a Kadai, but you can also microwave for 2-3 minutes till they are roasted, OR you can use store-bought roasted peanuts to fasten the process.
2. The red color of this shenga chutney pudi mainly comes from the chili powder used. I got this red chili powder made in my hometown (made using Byadgi red chilies + Guntur chilies), but you can also use Kashmiri red chili powder to get this color.
3. This chutney pudi easily lasts long for 15 to 20 days when stored at room temperature in an airtight container.
4. If you are making them in large quantities, you can refrigerate for up to 2 months in a ziplock, remove small portions, and use them accordingly.
5. Dry grind the peanuts only after it's cooled completely otherwise, there are chances of oil oozing out. 
6. You can dry roast curry leaves in the microwave for 90-120 secs, check in between.

Variations

1. Jaggery is optional, so you can make spicy chutney powder without adding it too.
2. You can also use 2 tablespoons of roasted sesame seeds, flax seeds, or dry coconut and reduce the same amount of peanuts from the ingredients for healthier variation.
3. Please do not remove the skin of peanuts, as they are very nutritious.
4. Some people also use whole dry red chilies to make this groundnut chutney powder. But I prefer using chili powder since it's easily available at home any time of the year.

Recipe FAQs

More Chutney Powder Recipes

• Dry Coconut Chutney Powder
• Chana Dal Chutney Powder
• Fried gram/hurigadale chutney powder
• Gun Powder for idli/dosa tawa fry
• Flax seed chutney powder
• Curry Leaves Powder

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