Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, peanut masala recipe | masala groundnut | besan masala peanuts is a vegetarian Indian snack made with gram flour / besan, rice flour, and corn flour in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 cup
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- ½ cup gram flour / besan
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- pinch baking soda (optional)
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cup 350 grams peanuts / groundnuts
- 2 tsp oil
- 3 tbsp water
- oil for deep frying
- ½ tsp chaat masala (optional)
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take ½ cup besan, 2 tbsp rice flour and 2 tbsp corn flour.
- also add ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp ginger garlic paste, pinch baking soda and ½ tsp salt.
- mix well making sure all the spices are combined well.
- further, add 2 cup skinned peanuts and 2 tsp oil.
- mix well, oil helps to coat peanuts with masala.
- further, add 2 tbsp of water and mix well.
- add 1-2 tbsp of more water in batches till the peanuts are coated well with besan.
- furthermore, add a tsp of rice flour and give a mix. this helps to separate peanuts.
- deep fry in hot oil or bake at 180-degree celsius for 20 minutes.
- stir occasionally and fry on low to medium flame.
- sprinkle ¼ tsp chaat masala and mix well. this helps to enhance the flavour.
- finally, enjoy crunchy masala peanuts or store in an airtight container for a month.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
