Spicy Peanut Butter

Do you love peanut butter like I do? Then stop buying it from the market. You can easily make it at home. When you make it at home you will realize what you were buying all these years is nowhere close to the product that you have made. 

This one is mildly spicy. You can skip the chilli flakes altogether or add more as per your taste. 

While processing the Peanuts I   realized that they hardly have any oil. This was a real shocker. I have added cold pressed peanut oil which lends it a beautiful flavor. You can also add light olive oil if you don't like enhanced peanut flavor. If you want it of spreadable consistency then you will have to add more oil. 

Churn the peanuts for really long so as to extract all their oil. If you still feel its not spreadable then you add the oil.
There are lot of people who say that additional oil is not needed in making peanut butter but  the recipes that I have read all call for oil. So please use your discretion. If you feel after churning the peanuts, you have got the desired consistency then dont add the oil.

Again, increase the quantity of honey depending on the sweetness you want. 

This is a very forgiving recipe. 

You can taste and adjust the additives. 

No need to refrigerate it. Will stay good for a month. Gives around 200 gms. 

Ingredients

Peanuts  1 cup

Chilli flakes 1 tbsp

Salt 1/2 tsp

Honey 1 tbsp

Peanut oil 1/4 cup

Method

Roast and skin the peanuts. 

In a food processor churn Peanuts, chilli flakes and salt till it becomes a wet mass.

Now add in honey.

In a slow stream add oil with the processor on.

Dont add all the oil at once. Add one tablespoon at a time, check the consistency and add more if needed.

Let everything mix well.

Your peanut butter is ready.

Store it in an airtight glass bottle and keep it in a dark place.