Shenga Hindi / Shengadanyachi Chutney

Shenga Hindi is a dry peanut chutney which is served along with the side dishes in complete North Karnataka / Maharashtra meal. It is served along with Bhakri (Jowar), chapati, dosas, rice. It's a dry chutney which goes best with curd. This chutney is must at our home. My mom used to make this and give when I was in hostel since I used to get bored with the same hostel mess menu.

This is not a difficult recipe, can be prepared with minimal number of ingredients easily available at home. Lets go through the procedure.

Roasted peanut powder / Shengdanyacha koot

Danyacha koot / roasted ground nut powder is the basic and must element in any of the Maharashtrian dish, you will find it in every house of Maharashtra. We prepare more quantity of this powder and store it, We add it to all most all the side dishes, it enhances the taste of the recipe. Groundnut powder is the key element in some of the dishes like Sabudana Khichdi, shengadanyachi poli (Indian flat bread made out of jaggery and peanut powder as a stuffing). In major quantity, peanuts are used as  dry "shenga chutney" which is served with the side dish for chapati along with curd.  We will see below the procedure for preparing this versatile roasted peanut powder.