KADAI MUSHROOM

 

Ingredients

1. White button mushroom – 250gm
2. Onion -1 big
3. Tomato – 2
4. Ginger – 1 small piece
5. Garlic – 1 tbsp
6. Green chilly – 4
7. Cashew - 8
8. Capsicum /bell pepper – 1 chopped
9. Kashmiri chilly powder – 1 tbsp
10. Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
11. Coriander powder – 2 tsp
12. Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
13. Salt
14. Oil – 2 tbsp
15. Mustard – 2 tsp
16. Jeera – 1tbsp
17. Dry red chilly -2 broken
18. Curry leaves - a few

Method

1. Wash mushroom in water to remove any dirt and debris, cut them into small pieces and keep aside.
2. Grind tomato and onion separately, then grind green chilly, ginger & garlic together and keep aside.
3. Soak the cashew nuts in warm water for 20 mins and make paste.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and jeera, let it splutter, add dry red chilly and curry leaves, sauté, then add ginger-green chilly- garlic paste and sauté well.
5. To the above add onion paste and salt, sauté until light brown, then add turmeric, chilly, pepper and coriander powders, sauté until raw smell goes.
6. To it add tomato puree, sauté until oil comes up, then add the mushroom pieces, sauté for few mins so that the water will oozes out, then add 1/ 2 cup water cover the pan and cook in medium heat for 5 mins.
7. Remove the lid, add chopped capsicum and cashew paste, cook in medium heat and boil for few more mins. Finally check salt and turn off the flame.
8. Serve hot with Roti/Nan.