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Kadai Mushroom Gravy Recipe
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 200 grams button mushroom
- 1 cup onion finely chopped
- 1 capsicum cubed
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 cup tomato purée
- 1 1/2 tbsp Cream (malai) or curd
Spice Powder
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
For the Kadai Masala Powder
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 3-4 Red chillies
- 1/4 tsp whole black peppercorns
- 2 Cloves
- 1/2 inch piece cinnamon
- 2 Cardamom
- 1 Bay Leaf
For the seasoning
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
For Garnishing
- 1 tsp Dry Kasuri methi
Ingredients
Spice Powder
For the Kadai Masala Powder
For the seasoning
For Garnishing
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Instructions
- Clean and cut each mushroom lengthwise into half. Refer how to clean mushrooms, if you are new to it.
- Cut 1 onion into cubes as seen in the picture below.
- Cut capsicum into approximate squares and keep it aside.
- Blend 2-3 ripe tomatoes as we need 1 cup of tomato puree.
Method
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and saute the cubed onions until translucent. Remove from pan.
- In the same pan, saute capsicum until half cooked and remove from pan.
- Add more oil if needed and saute mushrooms until all the water from the mushrooms evaporate and it turns light brown.
Preparation of Kadai Masala Powder
- Dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, whole black peppercorns and red chillies together.
- Dry roast cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf together.
- Dry grind both together to a fine powder. This is our Kadai Masala Powder.
How to make Kadai Mushroom
- Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, when it sizzles, add finely chopped onions. Saute until onions turn golden brown. Add a little salt to speed up the process.
- Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw flavor of the ginger garlic goes.
- Add tomato puree, turmeric powder, chilli powder, kadai masala powder and salt needed.
- Cook until tomato mixture oozes out oil. Lower the heat, add curd or cream and cook for a further few minutes.
- Then add the cubed onions, capsicum, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat.
- Add mushrooms, mix well and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add a cup of water and simmer until the gravy thickens and leaves oil.
- Rub kasuri methi between your palms and garnish kadai mushroom masala with it.
- Kadai mushroom masala is ready. It can be served with chapati, parathas and any mild flavored rice like vegetable rice, jeera pulao, peas pulao etc.