Mushroom-Matar Miloni
This recipe is adapted from Nita Mehta’s Great Indian Cooking.This is a less spicy curry and it tastes great with chappathi.
Ingredients:
- Mushroom -200 gms
- Green Peas – 1 cup
- Ginger – garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Kasoori methi powder – 1 tbsp
- Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
- Kashmiri red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
- Onion -2
- Tomato – 3
- Curd – 1/2 cup
- Cashewnuts – 2 tbsp
- Cloves -2
- Cardamom -2
- Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
- Salt – as per taste
- Oil – 3 tbsp
- Coriander leaves
Preparation:
- Boil green peas and keep aside.
- wash and clean mushrooms.trim stalks of mushrooms and cut each into 4 pieces.
- Make a smooth paste of onions,cloves,cardamom,and fennel seeds.
- Blanch tomatoes , peel off the skin and cut into 4 pieces.Grind it into a fine paste with curd and cashewnuts.
- In a kadai,heat 2 tbsp of oil.Saute mushrooms for 5 mins.keep them spaced out while sauteing.
- Add ginger – garlic paste and cook for a minute and remove from fire.
- In the remaining oil, add onion paste,turmeric powder and cook till light brown in color.
- Then add the tomato paste and stir well till oil separates.Add kasoori methi powder,red chilly powder,garam masala,salt,boiled peas,fried mushrooms and mix well.
- Add 2 cups of water and cook till mushrooms are well cooked.
- Remove from fire.Garnish with coriander leaves.
Love love Nita Mehta’s books. Looks great Prajusha!:))
hey ….this goes great with rotis dear….will try this out…my husband loves mushrooms 🙂
With curds, cashews and fennel seeds it tastes great…yummy curry…thanks for sharing dear..
Lovely curry prajusha…I have never made mushroom curry before but your’s is tempting me to try…
Hey, looks delcious and rich, I plan to try this
Mushroom-Matar Miloni looks yummy!!
I have one book from her.
I love mushrooms so love this delicious looking dish
The dish looks lovely…we are quite fond of mushrooms.
nice picture, prajusha! a rich and tasty curry….love to try this :))
looks yummy!! will try it with Naans.
sounds delicious prajusha!!! goes well with roti’s…..
My husband loves this, and I couldn’ have found a better recipe!!! thanks Prajusha!
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