These don’t need no introduction or explanation. Just think boiled groundnuts gone spiced.
Take fresh groundnuts, in season – add sugar and spice – fresh ginger, cardamom, Chinese 5-spice, dried red chilies, and boil away.
I promise, you’ll want to bathe, sleep and wrap yourself in the fragrance of the liquid and the taste.
We enjoyed this on a Saturday night, with tall glasses of Cola and Shandy, sucking the liquid that filled the shells and basking in the delightful mouth warmth. A must-make this, and every season.
Recipe adapted from from No Recipes
1/2 kilo fresh raw (green) groundnuts
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons sea salt
1 tablespoon Chinese Five-spice powder
1 teaspoon ground green cardamom seeds or 8 to 10 crushed green cardamom pods
3 dried red chilies, broken
2 large pieces fresh ginger, crushed
Rinse groundnuts 2 to 3 times, in a bowl or set in a colander.
In a large pot, add groundnuts, sugar, salt, five-spice, cardamom, chilies, and ginger. Fill with hot water, about an inch above the groundnuts. Stir, and then put the lid on.
Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for about 1 hour. Taste a few to see that all the groundnuts are cooked through. Continue cooking if needed.
Once you’re satisfied, turn off the heat and allow the groundnuts sit in the mixture for 6 hours or overnight.
After this rest time, Bring to the boil one more time, then on reduced heat, simmer for about 20 minutes.
Turn off and allow cool.
Put the mixture in a container, then or serve.
Have you tried any interesting recipes with fresh (raw/ green) groundnuts? Please share.
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