1. Today, we’ll teach you how to prepare a tasty curd made from peanuts and green chilli crowns in your own kitchen

This delicious curd is 100% plant-based and purer than dairy curd

Introducing…peanut curd

In this video, we’ll learn 3 things. First, we’ll learn the step-by-step method to make good peanut curd

Then we’ll understand the 3 biggest benefits of peanut curd

After that, we’ll show you some delicious, crunchy and flavour-packed recipes that you can make using peanut curd,

such as papdi chaat and kadhi

So come, let’s go through the recipe to prepare peanut curd

Take 1 cup of peanuts

Remember, your peanuts should be raw, not toasted or baked

Based on our experience, lighter coloured peanuts produce better quality curd

So when you go searching for them in the market, ensure you buy light coloured peanuts instead of dark ones

After that, soak these peanuts in water. How long should you soak it for? Only 4 hours

Don’t soak them for more than 4 hours. Otherwise, your curd won’t set well

After that, add these soaked peanuts to your mixer along with their peels. Add 400 ml water to it

Blend it for a few seconds until the mixture shows a chutney-like consistency

3. Now add 300 ml water to it and blend the mixture again

Always maintain this ratio. For 1 cup peanuts, use 700 ml water

And the water should be added in breaks. It should not be added at once

After blending, the next step is filtering the mixture

Take a steel bowl and cover it with a muslin cloth like this

Pour your blended mixture over it. Now comes the most fun part

Squeezing it! Squeeze out all the milk like this. So now your peanut milk is ready!

Now we have to boil this milk. So transfer the peanut milk to a big bowl and let it boil

Remember, it should only be exposed to a low flame in the start

You can slowly start increasing the heat and allow it to boil for 3-4 mins

Once it starts boiling, take it off the gas and allow it to cool down for a while

As soon as the peanut milk becomes lukewarm, you can transfer the milk into a clay pot or a glass bowl

Now we just need to add the secret ingredient of fermentation – chilli tops!

You can break 8-9 chilli top crowns like this and add them to the peanut milk

These chilli crowns are full of bacteria that help your curd to set

Remember one thing – the chilli crowns you add must always be fresh. They should not be stored earlier

After adding the crowns,

cover the pot with a lid and keep it in a place where a mildly warm temperature can be maintained

The best place for it to ferment is inside an oven

When the curd is setting, ensure the bowl is not disturbed. Allow it to ferment for 8-9 hours

4. After 8-9 hours, you can take it out, and look – your thick, creamy peanut curd is ready!

We can use it to prepare a variety of dishes

One important thing – the first time you prepare it you need to use the chilli tops as a starter – as a fermentation agent

But after that, you don’t need to use chilli tops again

The next time you want to prepare peanut curd, you can simply add 5 spoons of the curd from your earlier batch

So you can use this as a starter for your new batch

We know you might be thinking – “But how will this peanut curd taste? Won’t it be too peanutty in taste?”

It’s possible that the first time you make it; it might have a peanutty taste

But once you add other ingredients to it, you surely won’t know the difference between peanut curd and regular curd

5. We have also noticed that when you prepare the curd using curd from the previous batches,

after 5-6 times, the peanut flavour keeps reducing every time

Come, let’s understand the top 3 benefits of peanut curd

1st benefit – homemade peanut curd is much purer and healthier than dairy curd

Do you know there’s nothing right in your store-bought dairy curd?

Often, to increase the shelf life of packaged curd, a lot of chemicals and preservatives are added to it

Secondly, the dairy farms from which the milk to produce this curd is sourced, often mistreat the cows

Our beloved cows are severely abused

On the other hand, we have peanut curd

You know it is pure because you can prepare it in front of your eyes, in your own kitchen

2nd benefit – you can use peanut curd in a variety of ways

So come, let’s prepare some of your favourite recipes

First we’ll prepare a very tasty, crunchy and flavour-packed Paapdi Chaat

First, we’ll prepare the paapdi. Take 1 cup flour and mix ½ cup water to it

Then add ½ teaspoon roasted cumin and ½ teaspoon rock salt and mix it well again

Then you can start rolling the mixture into thin sheets using a rolling pin

8. The thinner you roll them, the crispier the paapdi will be

Use a small round bowl to cut out small round paapdis from it,

and use a fork to make holes in them so that the paapdis don’t fill up with air

Then pre-heat your oven setting the temperature at 260 degrees centigrade

Now place your paapdis inside to bake them

It will take approximately 10 mins to bake them at 260 degrees centigrade

Remember, as soon as the paapdis turns light brown, take them out of the oven

The paapdis can be baked very quickly and might end up burning if you’re not careful

Next, we’ll learn how to prepare tamarind chutney. Take 1 cup tamarind pulp

To prepare this, we soaked tamarinds in hot water for 3 hours and squeezed it to turn into a pulp

2 cup dates. We had soaked them in hot water as well

Remember to remove the seeds from the tamarinds and dates before adding them to the blender

Now add ½ cup water, 14 black pepper balls, 4 cardamom, ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder and ½ teaspoon rock salt

Blend these ingredients well and now your tamarind chutney is ready!

Now it’s time to season your peanut curd

9. You can add a little bit of black salt and some roasted cumin powder to it. Mix it well

Let’s assemble our Paapdi Chaat now!

Take a few paapdis in a plate

First add your seasoned peanut curd to it, then some green chutney,

then some tamarind chutney, boiled potatoes, some sprouts – like alfalfa sprouts

some pomegranates and chopped coriander. Now your delicious paapdi chaat is ready!

When you feed your guests, they’ll never be able to guess that you prepared it without dairy curd

Now, let’s see how to prepare our favourite Punjabi Kadhi

Take a blender and add 1 cup peanut curd, 4 tablespoons gram flour, 2 cups water, and 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

Blend them well until you get a smooth mixture

Now keep a clay pot on the stove and add 1 teaspoon black mustard,

1 green chilli, 12 curry leaves, and 1 teaspoon grated ginger

Roast these spices for a while and add your blended mixture slowly to it

See that it doesn’t start lumping. Add water as needed to dilute it and stir it for 30 mins, until the curry is cooked

Once you have finished cooking it, switch off the gas and add 4 tablespoons of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of rock salt

Now your delicious curry is ready!

Enjoy it with brown rice

11. Like this, you can use peanut curd to recreate your favourite recipes

But maybe you’re all wondering – “Isn’t peanut curd very expensive?”

Come, let’s clear this through our final benefit of peanut curd

The 3rd benefit of peanut curd – Peanut curd is almost half the price of dairy curd

Today, the maximum price of a 1 kg packet of peanuts is around Rs. 200

To prepare 400 gm peanut curd, we have used only 100 gm peanuts, which means only Rs. 20

On the other hand, the 400 gm packaged dairy curd we find in the markets today costs almost Rs. 40

That means peanut curd is almost half the rate of dairy curd!

Come, let’s address some important FAQs

How often should we consume peanut curd?

So if you’re living a sedentary lifestyle,

which means your work does not involve a lot of movement and you don’t get more than 1 hour of exercise in a day?

then you can consume it once or twice a week.

On the other hand, if you’re an athlete or a child of growing age, or do a lot of physically intense labour work,

then you can have it 3-4 times a week

Is it necessary to soak the nuts?

All nuts have a very thin transparent coating on them, which are known as enzyme inhibitors

They prevent these nuts from being digested properly

When we soak the nuts, these enzyme inhibitors are washed away and your body can easily digest these nuts

Remember, you only need to soak the nuts for 4 hours. If you soak them for too long, your curd won’t set well

So this completes our peanut curd recipe

13. The next time your neighbour knocks on your door for some curd, why not show them the magic of peanuts and chillies

and treat them to some delicious peanut curd

Use your homemade peanut curd to prepare chaat, lassi and kadhi, and surprise them with it

You’ll see they will be licking their fingers without ever realizing this curd was made from peanuts

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