Whether you're a peanut lover or just looking to add more protein options to your menu, you have come to the right place. Choose from any of these 15 recipes for a tasty dish that toasts the humble singdana or mungfali.
Ever had onion pakodas (fritters) with peanuts? Try it. Along with a cup of hot masala tea. Chef Ranjan Rajani promises you will love it and even shares his special masala chai recipe.
Please find the recipe here: Kanda Bhaji With Peanuts
Peanuts are meant for poha... in some parts of India at least. Reshma Aslam adds pomegranate too for a wholesome breakfast/light snack packed with textures and taste. Soft, flattened rice is gently spiced and cooked with onions, green chillies, turmeric, then tossed with roasted peanuts and fresh coconut.
Please find the recipe here: Poha
Here's a secret that not so many know. Ground roasted peanuts really lend themselves to simple dishes of sabzi in a subtle way. Ramapriya Suresh chooses to add them whole to his alu sabzi (you might prefer to grind them). Mayur Sanap adds them ground to a gawar recipe. Take your pick.
Please find the recipe here: Dry Aloo Sabzi With Peanuts and Gawar Stir Fry.
Peanuts are known to be super healthy. Read more about it here: Eat More Peanuts: 7 Benefits Of This Protein-Rich Nut. Therefore Durga Shakti Nagpal opts to create a healthy snack that consists of mashed potato seasoned with crushed roasted peanuts, coarsely-pounded black pepper, green chillies and more.
Please find the recipe here: Healthy Potato-Peanut Snack
Without peanuts, Sabudana Khichdi would have no taste. Manisha Deshpande Kotian cooks it the traditional way, adding roasted roughly-crushed peanuts towards the end of the preparation.
Please find the recipe here: Sabudana Khichdi
Manasi Sadarangani adds peanuts to her lovely kuttu ka atta or buckwheat flour and potato pakodas. That along with sendha namak or rock salt add more chatpata and bite.
Please find the recipe here: Rajgira Pakoras
Divya Nair's crispy and light chivda is great for everyday tea-time munching. Along with peanuts, add cashews, raisins or anything else you like, to have your own distinct mixture.
Please find the recipe here: Poha Chivda
Peanuts and roasted sesame seeds are the star of Kumudini Shetty's traditional jaggery laddoos. The pros: Easy to prepare, can be stored for days, great blend of taste, tradition, nutrition.
Please find the recipe here: Til Peanut Laddoo
Mayur Sanap goes to Vietnam and comes back with a brilliant latte recipe that's creamy, chilled and blends the rich nuttiness of peanut butter with the smooth bitterness of coffee, and is finished with a touch of sea salt for that memorable sweet-salty balance.
Please find the recipe here: Salted Peanut Butter Iced Latte
Dabeli, a hot fave in Gujarat and Maharashtra has peanut accents. Chef Natasha Gandhi's elaborate version is all about spicy masala, peanuts, garlic chutney and a filling of boiled potatoes.
Please find the recipe here: Kutchi Dabeli
Overflowig with peanuty flavour -- there's carmelised peanuts and peanut butter in the cake part and PB too in the icing -- Chef Ranveer Brar's cupcakes are a treat!
Please find the recipe here: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
The humble Indian sweet, made from melted jaggery and nuts, is crunchy and irresistible and rather easy to make at home according to Coomi Selod, who offers her recipe.
Please find the recipe here: Chikki
Taruna Deepak makes the classic South Indian rice dish with a tempering of mustard seeds, curry leaves, lemon juice, green chillies, turmeric and, naturally, roasted peanuts.
Please find the recipe here: Lemon Rice
Mayur Sanap celebrates the peanut by dedicating a whole curry to it. Instead of sabzi, peanuts are used in a tomato-onion-ginger-garlic-coconut curry.
Please find the recipe here: Peanut Curry
Baby eggplants stuffed with a peanut-based masala are a favourite in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and other parts too. Zelda Pande pops them into a South-style rice to create a delicious one-pot meal.
Please find the recipe here: North-South Vangibath