Name: Spinach - Peanut Chutney / Pachadi
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 12 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Spinach / Palak / Palakoora ((finely chopped)); ½ cup Raw Peanuts / Ground Nuts / Pallilu; 15 to 20 count Dry Red Chillies ( (long ones)); ½ tablespoon Jeera / Cumin seeds; 1½ teaspoon Salt; ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder / Pasupu; 1 tablespoon Coriander Seeds / Dhaniya; 4 count Garlic pods ( (optional))

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:5 mins CookTime:7 mins Cuisine:Indian

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Spinach – Peanut Chutney / Pachadi, my next one in the array of chutney recipes. Here, I tried this new style of chutney WITHOUT USING TAMARIND, just added few basic ingredients. Basically, spinach has that natural sourness, which balanced the taste.

At my Mother’s home, Amma is an expert, I could say an encyclopaedia, in making seasonal chutneys and pickles. I remember her generosity in offering them to not just to extended families, guests, neighbours, relatives but even to maids.

Those were the days when ready made chutney / pickles weren’t available in the market, so whomsoever tasted my Mom’s recipes, were always a fan hers. 🙂

Other Chutneys with ‘LEAFY GREENS’

Specifically this Spinach Chutney goes under my other chutneys with greens:

How to serve, ‘South Indian style Palak Chutney / Palakura Pachadi’:

Traditionally speaking, any South Indian meal / breakfast platter is incomplete without at least one chutney or podi.

Few chutneys like, coconut chutney, avocado chutney, tomato chutney, peanut chutney, ginger chutney, are suitable only as a condiment for idli, dosa, bread. These wont go well with rice. To compensate that gap, I have this spinach chutney which suits both for rice & breakfast too.

Actually, my first taste with this Spinach chutney is as a side with steamed hot rice and a generous serving of homemade ghee / butter. It was just out of the world!🙂

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Before starting to cook, don’t forget to see the Tips mentioned at the end.

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Ingredients:

Spinach / Palak / Palakoora (finely chopped) – 2 cups
Raw Peanuts / Ground Nuts / Pallilu – ½ cup
Dry Red Chillies (long) – 15 to 20
Jeera / Cumin seeds – ½ tablespoon
Salt – 1½ teaspoon
Turmeric Powder – ¼ teaspoon
Coriander Seeds / Dhaniya – 1 tablespoon
Garlic pods – 4 (optional)
Cooking Oil – 4 tablespoons

Special Ingredients:

Coriander Seeds / Dhaniya
Garlic pods – 4 (optional)

Step wise pics Procedure for ‘Spinach – Peanut Chutney / Palakoora – Palli Pachadi’ :

Prep Work:

chopped fresh spinach used for making spinach chutney — **Firstly, wash the spinach thoroughly with running water. Finely chop them as shown.** **We need 2 cups.**

Cooking:

frying the peanuts for making palak chutney — ***Put a frying pan on stove top under medium flame, add the peanuts, dry roast them until they splutter or turn light brown. Set them aside.***

frying the spices in oil on stove top while making palakoora pachadi — **Put the same pan back on stove top under medium flame, add oil, heat it. Add the jeera/cumin seeds, dhaniya / coriander seeds & turmeric powder.** ***Sauté for 1-2 mins.***

frying the dry red chillies for the pachadi — ***In the same pan, fry the dry red chillies & garlic pods (optional) till they turn dark. Take everything aside into a plate.***

grinding the fried ingredients in a mixie / grinder — **Put the pan back on flame, add all of the chopped spinach.** ***Sauté by stirring continuously, till the quantity lessens.***

Spinach Peanut Chutney / Palakoora Palli Pachadi. South Indian condiment with just 6 ingredients, WITHOUT USING TAMARIND. for rice, dosa. — ***Spinach – Peanut Chutney / Pachadi grind into a coarse paste, ready to be served!! Done!!***

Tips:

Thoroughly wash the spinach 4-5 times, to get rid of mud / sometimes sand.
Instead of raw peanuts, you can use roasted peanuts / roasted salted peanuts. In that case, you can skip dry roasting the peanuts.
Just be careful, while sautéing the spinach, they don’t stick to the base of the pan.
Adjust the salt and spice as per your taste.
Storage: This, Spinach – Peanut Chutney / Pachadi, tastes good up to 3-4 days at room temperature and up to 2 weeks when stored in fridge.

Result:

This, Spinach – Peanut Chutney / Pachadi, is a bit leafy in texture as we grind it coarsely.
The major flavour is from spinach with a hidden flavour of peanuts.
It tasted good not just with steamed hot rice but as a condiment with South Indian Idli, dosa, upma too.
My first taste with this chutney is as a side with steamed hot rice and a generous serving of homemade ghee / butter. It was just out of the world!🙂

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