Ground Nut Chutney

Ground nuts have many health benefits. Some of them are

• Peanuts are rich in energy and contain many health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.
  
• They are especially, rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids like oleic acids that help to lower LDL or "bad cholesterol" and increase HDL or "good cholesterol". Research studies suggest that Mediterranean diet, which is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids helps to prevent coronary artery disease and strokes by favoring healthy blood lipid profile.
  
• These nuts are good source of dietary protein compose fine quality amino acids that are essential for growth and development.
  

Here is a chutney that can be used as a side dish for your breakfast.

What we need

• First we would require quarter a cup of roasted ground nuts.
• A cup of grated coconut.
• 3 to 5 sambar (small) onions.
• 5 to 7 red chillies depending on how spicy you want it to be.
• A small piece of tamarind.
• Quarter cup of curry leaves.
• Quarter tea spoon of mustard seeds.
• Quarter tea spoon of urad dhal. This is optional.
• 1 to 2 table spoons of oil.
• And some salt to taste.

Method

1. We need roasted ground nuts for this. But if you  are not able to find some you can get some dry ground nuts and roast them yourselves. Then remove its outer skin.
2. Slightly fry the red chillies without oil.
3. In a mixer first blend the roasted ground nuts. 
4. To this, add  grated coconut, onions, red chillies, tamarind,  sufficient water and blend well.
5. Heat oil in a pan and season it with mustard seeds, urad dhal and curry leaves.
6. Add the mixture (step 4) and salt to the stuff in the pan and mix well and heat it a little.
7. The ground nut chutney is ready.