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Boiled Peanut Salad – Instant Pot Protein Chaat

Boiled Peanut Salad – Instant Pot Protein Chaat – Easy, quick recipe and my fav go-to recipe. In this recipe you boil peanuts and combine them with spices, chopped serrano peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions. Further, top them with cilantro, and lemon juice.
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Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 3
Course: Appetizer, Salad, Snack
Cuisine: Indian Food
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup raw peanuts (skinless or with skin)
  • 1/2 tomato, large (1/2 cup chopped)
  • 1/2 cucumber (1/2 cup chopped)
  • 1 serrano pepper, small (hari mirch) (3/4 tsp chopped)
  • 1/2 onion (1/2 cup chopped)
  • 3/4 tsp chaat masala  
  • 1/4 tsp black salt (kaala namak)
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp ground cumin     (jeera powder)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp cilantro leaves (finely chopped) (dhaniya ke patte)
  • 1 tsp lemon juice  (or more if you like it more tangy)

Equipment

  • Electric Pressure Cooker

Method
 

  1. When you are ready to cook, place the raw peanuts (with skin or skinless) in the inner pot.  Further add in 1.5 cups water to the inner pot.
  2. Close the lid on the instant pot and select manual/high pressure. Pressure cook the peanuts for 15 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes and then quick release the pressure.
  3. While the pressure is releasing in the instant pot chop onions, serrano peppers and cilantro leaves finely. Additionally, core and dice the tomatoes into 1/4-inch dice, and also cucumber to 1/4-inch dice.
  4. When the 10 minutes are up release the pressure, discard the water and keep the peanuts aside.
  5. In a bowl that will hold the salad, place the boiled peanuts. Further add in chopped tomatoes, cucumber, serrano peppers, and onion. Furthermore, add in chaat masala, black salt, ground black pepper, ground cumin, salt, cilantro and lemon juice. Mix well and serve fresh.

Notes

  • On a scale of 1 to 5 in terms of spice levels I would place this dish at 3, with 1 being low and 5 being high. So you can reduce, eliminate or increase the serrano peppers and reduce the red chili powder as per your spice tolerance.
  • I used raw peanuts with the skin on. You can use skinless as well. Make sure they are unsalted and raw and NOT ROASTED.