#2 best seller · Nuts & Snacks · Aara
Jumbo Raw Peanuts (Moongphali)
Chikki, chutney, poha, upvas — one bag does more work than any other item on the shelf.
American grocery stores sell roasted, salted, honey-coated peanuts. What they almost never sell is plain raw jumbo peanuts — and that is exactly what Indian cooking runs on.
Raw moongphali is a top-five seller in every Indian store because it crosses every region: Maharashtrian poha, South Indian chutney, Gujarati chikki, North Indian sabzi, and every upvas thali during Navratri.
Raw is the whole point
You control the roast. Fifteen minutes in a dry kadhai on medium heat gives you the deep nutty flavor that pre-roasted supermarket peanuts have already lost sitting in a warehouse.
You also control the salt. Chikki, laddoo, and chutney all fail if the peanut is already salted.
Five things I make from one bag
Peanut chutney for idli and dosa — roasted peanuts, dry red chilli, garlic, tamarind, salt, a splash of water.
Kanda poha with crunchy fried peanuts on top, the only correct way to eat poha.
Peanut chikki with jaggery, which is basically a Wisconsin-winter energy bar with better ancestry.
Sabudana khichdi during vrat, where coarse-crushed roasted peanut is non-negotiable.
Gujarati undhiyu and Maharashtrian bhaji masalas that use peanut powder as body.
Why our shelf will always have it
Peanuts are cheap, shelf-stable, and used across every Indian household in the Fox Valley regardless of which state they came from. It is the definition of a first-day stock item.
Ravi's quick tips
- •Roast in a dry pan, not oil — you want the skin to blister and slip off.
- •Cool completely before crushing or the powder turns pasty.
- •Freeze what you won't use in three months; peanut oil goes rancid faster than people expect.
Frequently asked
Can I use supermarket roasted peanuts instead?
For a topping in a pinch, yes. For chutney, chikki, or vrat food, no — the salt and oil coating changes the result.
Are these the same as the peanuts used for peanut butter?
Similar variety, but jumbo raw peanuts are graded larger and cleaner, which is why they hold up to roasting and crushing.
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