Boiled peanuts / avicha verkadalai

Name: Boiled peanuts / avicha verkadalai
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 5
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: Raw peanuts - 1/4 kg.; OR groundnuts with shells - 1/2 kg.; Salt - as per taste

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5 servings

Very Easy

1 hour

Ingredients

Raw peanuts - 1/4 kg.
OR groundnuts with shells - 1/2 kg.
Salt - as per taste

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time45 min

Soak the peanuts(either raw or with shell) in water for 1 1/2 hours.
Pressure cook for 3 whistles alongwith salt and the soaked water.
Let them sit in the salt water even after it is cooked.
Drain the desired amount of peanuts from the salt water and eat it one by one, with hot tea.
It will become more tastier when staying in salt water.

Observations

NOTE: Generally a fistful of rock salt for 1 kg. is wise. In this case, it is 1/4th of a fistful. Some like it salty and some like it with less salt. Calculate according to your requirements. 1/4 kg. of peanuts will cater two persons.

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