Boiled Peanut Chaat Recipe
Peanut Chaat is a popular street food made boiled peanuts, colorful veggies, spices and tasty chutneys. Healthy, refreshing and lip smacking tasty.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
For Boiling Peanuts -
- 1 cup raw peanuts
- 3 cups water
- 1.5 teaspoon salt
Other Ingredients for the Chaat -
- 1 cucumber, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled and grated
- 1 medium tomato, deseeded and finely chopped
- ½ cup raw or little sour mango, finely chopped
- ⅓ cup pomegranate seeds
- ⅓ cup red onion, finely diced ( you can soak the chopped onion in some lemon juice to remove the strong flavor, rinse and use)
- ¼ cup finely chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoon coriander mint chutney or to taste
- 1- 2 teaspoon tamarind date chutney available in Indian stores
- 1 - 2 teaspoon kashmiri red chili powder (mild kind)
- 1 teaspoon chaat masala
- himalayan pink salt to taste
- lemon juice to taste
Coriander Mint Chutney -
- 1 cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped
- 1 cup fresh mint, chopped
- 1 green chili
- ½ inch ginger
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder, optional
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- salt to taste
- 2- 3 tbsp water as needed
Instructions
To make the Coriander Mint Chutney
- Add all the ingredients to a blender and make a smooth paste.
- Transfer the chutney to a air tight container, stays fresh for 10 days.
Cooking the peanuts -
- Wash and soak the peanuts in plenty of water for 4 hours. After four hours of soaking, drain all the water from the peanuts and rinse them.
- If using instant pot - Add the soaked peanuts in to the steel container of the instant pot, add water and salt. Close the Instant pot lid and adjust the vent to the sealing position. Select pressure cooker/manual mode and adjust the time to 30 minutes.
- Once the time is up, let the pressure release naturally. Check to see if the peanuts are cooked to your liking. Peanuts should be soft and buttery ( but not mushy). If the peanuts are little hard, cook them for few more minutes .Drain the water and use them.
- If using Indian Pressure cooker - Boil the peanuts for 4 -5 whistles in medium flame.
- If cooking directly on the stove top - add lots of water to the peanuts and cook them for 30 minutes or untill done.
Making the Peanut Chaat -
- To a large large bowl add the boiled peanuts, cucumber, tomato, mango, carrot, onion, coriander leaves, date chutney, coriander chutney, salt, red chili powder, and chaat masala.
- Mix gently and add some lemon juice.
- Let it rest for 10 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning and serve immediately.
Notes
If making in advance, prep all the ingredients and store them in the refrigerator. When ready to serve add all the spices, salt and chutney.
If using store bought coriander mint chutney, you may want to add one finely chopped green chili as the chutney is not spicy.
Chaat masala, and the chutneys are easily available in most Indian stores.