Groundnut Powder Or Verusenagapappu Podi

Groundnut Powder, Verusenagapappu Podi ~Indian Spice Powder

Dear Friends,

This groundnut podi is delicious with rice+ghee/oil. Also we can use as curry powder in any fry recipes.

Ingredients:

Groundnuts                     – 200 Grams

Dry Red Chilies                 – 10 (Based on how much spice you need u can Increase or decrease)

Cumin or Jeera Seeds      – 1 Table spoon

Garlic Cloves                    – 4 (Optional)

Grated Dry Coconut / Coconut Powder – 25 Grams

Salt                                 – 2 tspoons nearly (according to your taste)

Procedure:

1. In a Pan dry roast groundnuts evenly for about 10 minutes in a medium flame. Allow it to cool to room temperature. Now take some ground nuts to hand and rub them with your palms to remove the husk and blow off the husk. If you don’t want to remove the outer layer you can use the groundnuts as it is.  

2. Peel of the outer layer of the Garlic cloves.

3. Put groundnuts, garlic, Red chilies, Cumin seeds, dry coconut powder and salt into a mixie grinder or blender and grind it to a coarse powder (Powder should not be too smooth).

You can serve it with hot rice and ghee.

Hope you will make and enjoy eating this spicy recipe.