easy raja special recipe | congress kadlekai recipe | masala peanut chaat
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanuts
- 2 tsp oil
- few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ¾ tsp pepper (crushed)
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp onion (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp tomato (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp carrot (grated)
- 2 tsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Method
- firstly, heat 2 tsp of oil and roast few curry leaves.
- roast on low flame until the curry leaves turn crisp.
- keeping the flame on low add ¼ tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp chilli powder, ¾ tsp pepper and pinch of hing.
- saute on low flame without burning the spices.
- further, add roasted peanuts and ¼ tsp salt.
- saute for a minute, or until the masala is coated well.
- transfer the masala peanuts into the bowl.
- crush the curry leaves, congress kadlekai is ready.
- to prepare chaat, add 2 tbsp onion, 2 tbsp tomato, 2 tbsp carrot, 2 tsp coriander, 1 tsp lemon juice and ¼ tsp salt.
- mix well making sure all the vegetables are mixed well.
- finally, enjoy raja special / masala peanut chaat as a snack.
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.