Roasted Peanut Salad is healthy, satisfying, protein-packed, nutritious, filling, and refreshing. This delicious vegan salad is Indian-style, flavorful, and tastes just like a chaat!
This Roasted Peanut Chaat recipe is super easy and comes together within a few minutes! It can be served as an appetizer, salad, side dish, or mid-day snack.
Healthy and Delicious Roasted Peanut Salad
I am a huge fan of peanuts and love eating roasted and salted peanuts. When I was in India, my father used to bring freshly roasted peanuts in the evening. And we munched them after dinner while watching TV.
I still have a habit of having a handful of peanuts when I need a quick and healthy snack. With the same peanuts, we can make this filling but delicious salad or chaat.
This recipe for the Roasted Peanut Salad is vegan and made without onion and garlic. I have added a few vegetables to make it healthier and more nutritious. However, you can add your choice of vegetables and spices to make it your favorite!
Why You Will Love This Salad
- It is healthy, satisfying, filling, and protein-packed.
- Making the Roasted Peanut Salad is easy and quick.
- The recipe is vegan, Indian-style, and without onion and garlic.
- This salad is delicious, flavorful, and tastes like a chaat.
- It can be served as an appetizer, side dish, salad, or mid-day snack.
Ingredients and Notes
- Roasted Peanuts: For this salad, use high-quality, lightly salted, crunchy roasted peanuts. If you do not want to use store-bought peanuts, roast raw peanuts on low heat, stirring continuously, until crunchy. Then, remove the skin and use the peanuts for the recipe.
- Vegetables: I have added finely chopped celery, green pepper, and tomatoes, but you can add other vegetables such as carrots, cucumbers, or red cabbage.
- Green Chili: I have added a small green chili to make the salad mildly spicy. But you can skip it, remove the seeds from the chili, and then finely chop it. Instead of green chili, you can add jalapeno pepper or add more red chili powder.
- Oil: Oil will help coat the spices in peanuts; we need only about a teaspoon. I have used olive oil, but you can use any cooking oil.
- Spices: I have used turmeric powder, red chili powder, roasted cumin powder, and chaat masala. Add the spices to taste. You can also add more spices, such as ground black pepper, amchur powder, or coriander powder.
- Salt: If using salted peanuts, mix all the ingredients and taste. Then, add salt as required.
- Cilantro: Fresh coriander leaves provide lots of flavor to this chaat; do not skip them. You can also add finely chopped mint leaves if you like.
- Lemon Juice: Lemon juice provides a tangy and fresh flavor to the Roasted Peanut Salad. Add lemon juice according to your taste.
How To Make Roasted Peanut Chaat
- Add roasted peanuts, chopped celery, green pepper, tomatoes, and green chili in a large bowl and stir well to mix.
- You can skip the green chili if you want or remove the seeds to make the salad less spicy.
- Add oil, turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, and chaat masala.
- Mix well, taste, and add salt as required.
- Add chopped coriander leaves, squeeze lemon juice to taste, and mix well.
- Let the salad rest for 5-10 minutes, and then serve.
Serving and Storing Suggestions
Serve the roasted peanut salad as a snack, side dish, or appetizer. If you like the salad extra zingy, squeeze more lemon juice before serving.
Add some Mint Coriander Chutney and tamarind chutney to make it a delicious chaat.
Sprinkle some fine Sev and pomegranate seeds on the salad before serving.
This salad is best served soon after making it. But if you have leftovers, store them in the refrigerator for a day. The peanuts will become soft, but the salad will still be delicious.
Helpful Tips For Roasted Peanut Salad
Peanuts: Instead of roasted peanuts, boiled peanuts can also be used. Or toast the raw peanuts on low-medium heat until they get crunchy. Then, remove the skin and use the peanuts for the salad.
Chaat Masala: This spice blend adds a lot of flavor to the Roasted Peanut Salad. So please do not skip it; it is readily available in Indian grocery stores. But if you can not use it, add other spices to the salad, such as asafoetida, ground black pepper, and dry mango powder.
Add-Ins: You can also add green and tamarind chutney to this chaat. Sprinkle some fine Sev and pomegranate seeds for more flavor and texture. You can also add some finely chopped mint leaves if you like.
Make-Ahead: In advance, you can prepare all the elements and toss them together before serving.
More Salad Recipes
Recipe Card
Roasted Peanut Salad / Roasted Peanut Chaat
Ingredients
- 1 cup roasted and salted peanuts
- ¼ cup finely chopped celery
- ¼ cup finely chopped green pepper
- 1 large tomato finely chopped
- 1 small green chili finely chopped (optional)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder (or to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon chaat masala
- ¼ cup finely chopped coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice to taste
Instructions
- Add roasted peanuts, chopped celery, green pepper, tomatoes, and green chili in a large bowl, and stir well to mix.
- Add oil, turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, and chaat masala. Mix well, taste, and add salt as required.
- Add coriander leaves and squeeze lemon juice to taste, mix, and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Serving and Storing Suggestions
- Serve the roasted peanut salad as a snack, side dish, or appetizer. If you like extra zingy salad, squeeze more lemon juice before serving.
- Add some green chutney and tamarind chutney to make it delicious chaat.
- Sprinkle some fine Sev and pomegranate seeds on the salad before serving.
- This salad is best served soon after making it. But if you have leftover salad, store it in the refrigerator for a day. The peanuts will become soft, but the salad will still be delicious.
Notes
- Peanuts: Instead of roasted peanuts, boiled peanuts can also be used. Or roast the raw peanuts on low-medium heat until they get crunchy. Then remove the skin and use them for the salad.
- Chaat Masala: It adds a lot of flavors to the salad as it is a blend of various spices. So please do not skip it; it is readily available in Indian grocery stores. But somehow, if you can not use it, add other spices to the salad, such as asafoetida, ground black pepper, and dry mango powder.
- Add-Ins: You can also add green and tamarind chutney to this chaat. Also, sprinkle some fine Sev and pomegranate seeds for more flavors and textures. You can also add some finely chopped mint leaves if you like.
- Make-Ahead: In advance, you can prepare all the elements and toss them together before serving.
Nutrition (Approximate Values)
Thanks for coming! Let me know what you think.