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Peanut & Sesame Chutney | Breakfast Side-dish

Apr 4, 2016 · Modified: Apr 26, 2025 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Peanut & sesame chutney, a delicious and flavorsome chutney. Serve it along with South-Indian breakfast dishes like idly/dosa or upma.

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Table of contents

  • What is Chutney
  • Varieties of Chutney
  • More Chutney Recipes
  • The Ingredients
  • Step by Step Instructions
  • Recipe
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What is Chutney

South-Indian breakfast dishes are incomplete without a chutney. A chutney is a saucy relish, originally from the Indian subcontinent. There is a wide variety of chutneys and believe me we can make chutney out of anything and everything.

Chutneys basically balances the flavor profile of the final dish served. Like Idly or dosai, which has nothing but salt is served with a spicy chutney and idly podi. A spicy paratha served with a mildly sweet chutney.

The word chutney has a broader classification. Relishes, dry powders, pickles all come under this broader classification. In India, a South-indian chutney is different from North-Indian Chutney.

Varieties of Chutney

Thogayal or thuvayal is a south-indian chutney made with lentils and spices. Thengai/Coconut thogayal being the most common in many house-hold.

Chutney can be made from simple ingredient like coconut to exotic ingredients like bread fruit skin or Orange peel thogayal . If you are looking for such exotic condiments, check this Orange peel pickle from Veena or this delicious orange peel relish from kalyani. Nothing goes waste in the Indian Kitchen. Peels and piths of most of the vegetables can be made into some condiment.

peanut chutney

Peanut Chutney and coconut chutney are the common chutneys made to pair with idly/dosai. Green chutney and sweet chutney North-Indian style chutneys are preferred for chat, Indian street food.

There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to chutney and their pairings. For example, my little one loves this Sweet Tomato chutney with his paratha. As mentioned earlier chutneys balance the flavors of the final dish.

I always look to combine as much vegetables as possible into my regular chutneys. Like this delicious capsicum chutney and gooseberry chutney. Chutneys are an easy way to include vegetables in to our diet.

More Chutney Recipes

  • Easy Tomato chutney
    Easy Tomato Chutney | No Onion, No Garlic Chutney
  • Parangikai chutney
    Parangikai Chutney | Pumpkin Chutney | Vegan Dip
  • Capsicum chutney - Side dish for idly/dosa
  • Coconut and Carrot Chutney - Side dish for idly/dosa

The Ingredients

  • Peanuts, the hero ingredient of the dish. I use normal peanuts with skin. You can also use skinned peanuts.
  • Sesame seeds, sesame seeds are rich in calcium, so try to include them as much as possible in to your regular diet. Apart from the health quotient they add a nice toasty flavor to the chutney.
  • Coconut, no South-Indian chutney is complete without a little bit of coconut in them. Thought optional, do not skip them, unless it is for some health reasons.
  • Spice, i have used red chilies to spice the chutney. They do add up to the color of the chutney.
  • Coriander leaves, add some freshness and color to the chutney. The chutney tends to get a green tinge when used more.
  • tamarind, adds the necessary sourness to the chutney.
  • Salt and tempering, Tempering/tadka with mustard seeds and urad dal is quintessential step in chutney making. It adds a nice flavor profile and also make it pleasing to the eyes.

Step by Step Instructions

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

  • In a kadai, add a drop of oil and roast the peanuts. When they are half done, add chilies, coconut and sesame seeds and roast to golden.
  • Towards the end, add tamarind to the mix and roast for a second. Take it off heat, let the ingredients cool down well.
chutney making process
  • Take the roasted ingredients together in a mixer, add a handful of coriander and salt to it. Grind it to a coarse paste first.
  • Add necessary water and grind it to a chutney. The consistency of the chutney depends on your preference. I have used around 1.5 cups to 2 cups water to grind the chutney.
sesame seeds chutney making
  • Finally add a tempering of mustard seeds, hing, red chilies, and urad dal to the chutney.
  • Serve this delicious peanut & sesame chutney with your favorite south-indian breakfast dishes.

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Recipe

Peanut & Sesame Chutney | Breakfast Side-dish

Peanut & sesame chutney, a delicious and flavorsome chutney. Serve it along with South-Indian breakfast dishes like idly/dosa or upma.
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Course: Condiments, Side Dish
Cuisine: Asian, Indian, South-Indian
Keyword: coconut chutney, Green chutney recipe, idly dosa chutney, Peanut chutney recipe, quick and easy chutney, Sesame seeds chutney, South indian style chutney recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 5
Calories:

Equipment

  • Indian style mixie or any heavy blender

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup peanuts
  • 3 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 5 tablespoon freshly grated coconut
  • 4 nos red chilies
  • ¾ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • a small Indian lemon sized tamarind
  • handful of coriander leaves

Tempering

  • 2 teaspoon oil any cooking oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • ⅛ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
  • ⅛ teaspoon turmeric powder optional
  • 2 nos red chilies broken
  • few curry leaves

Instructions

  • In a kadai/pan, add a drop of oil, add peanuts and roast them in a medium flame to golden.
  • When the peanuts are half way through, add sesame seeds and coconut and roast them all together to golden. After a while the sesame seeds will start to splutter vigorously.
  • Finally towards the end add tamarind, saute it for a second or two and take it off the heat. Let all the ingredients cool well.
  • Take the well cooled ingredients in to a mixer jar, add coriander and salt to it and grind it to a coarser paste .
  • To this coarse paste add required amount of water and grind it to a chutney. The amount of water depends on the consistency you want for the chutney. I have used around 1.5 cups to 2 cups of water in this recipe
  • Transfer the ground chutney to another serving bowl. Heat a small tadka/tempering pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves, hing, broken red chilies, hing, turmeric powder and urad dal.
  • When the urad dal turns golden brown, pour the sizzling tadka over the chutney and serve.
  • Any leftover chutney can be refrigerated upto a day and used.

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I served this delicious peanut & sesame seeds chutney with Oats adai, which i made recently. This chutney pairs pretty well with idly/dosa and upma too.

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  1. cookingwithsapana

    April 04, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    I have tried peanut chutney but adding sesame seeds in it is totally new.You are rocking with your dosas and chutneys Priya.

    Reply
  2. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

    April 04, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    I love this combination to make chutney. Sesame adds such a nice layer of flavor.

    Reply
  3. Unknown

    April 04, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    this chutney will be a must at home, a best choice with idli, dosa eny thing...

    Reply
  4. vaishali sabnani

    April 04, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    Ok bookmarked ! Perhaps at the weekend i will try this combo . I am always in quest of finding new chutneys .

    Reply
  5. rajani

    April 04, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    There is so much one can play with the basic recipes! Nice clicks Priya.

    Reply
    • Priya_Srinivasan

      April 05, 2016 at 8:50 am

      Thanks rajani!!

      Reply
    • Priya_Srinivasan

      April 05, 2016 at 8:50 am

      Thanks rajani!!

      Reply
  6. Srividhya

    April 04, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    love the addition of tamarind and peanuts in the regular coconut chutney

    Reply
  7. MySpicyKitchen

    April 04, 2016 at 7:41 pm

    I add sesame seeds to most of my pachadlu. Your version is tempting and lovely presentation. Love the color of the bowl 🙂

    Reply
    • Priya_Srinivasan

      April 05, 2016 at 8:49 am

      Thanks usha!!

      Reply
    • Priya_Srinivasan

      April 05, 2016 at 8:50 am

      Thanks usha!!

      Reply
  8. Pavani

    April 04, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    Yummy chutney Priya. I've never added sesame seeds to coconut chutney but my mom introduced to this recently. They sure make the chutney taste extra special.

    Reply
  9. Kalyani

    April 05, 2016 at 1:11 am

    Oh ur pachadi lists are tantalising Priya 🙂 need to figure out which to make first !! Great job

    Reply
  10. The Pumpkin Farm

    April 05, 2016 at 3:59 am

    beautiful...each so elegant...love this series of urs

    Reply
  11. Srivalli

    April 05, 2016 at 5:57 am

    Fantastic picture priya, I love how you managed to make that picture stand out even though you have the ingredients on the board..very nice shot..

    Reply
    • Priya_Srinivasan

      April 05, 2016 at 8:48 am

      Thanks valli. Didn't know it has come out so well, only after u said I am taking another look at it. All shot in a hurry before the light vanishes.

      Reply
  12. Padmajha

    April 05, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    First of all, love that bowl and secondly love the addition of sesame in chutney. 2 dishes for the alphabet everyday!! Kalakkals Priya!

    Reply
  13. veena

    April 25, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    Ah this looks very good. Sending the link to vibha. She loves this

    Reply
  14. Kalyani

    April 09, 2021 at 10:00 am

    5 stars
    This looks like a winner all the way - peanuts n coconut being our fav here! and thanks for adding my link in here, priya 🙂

    Reply

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