Prep time 20 minutes Cook time 25 minutes Total time 45 minutes
Rich and delicious mushroom and peas curry made with a coconut-cashew base along with rest of variety Indian spices.
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 200-250g mushrooms
- 1 cup shelled or frozen peas
- ½ inch ginger and 3 garlic – crushed or made into a paste
- 1 medium size onion, finely chopped
- 1 medium size tomato, chopped
- ½ cup grated coconut and 7-8 cashews ground to paste
- ¾ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ¾ tsp garam masala powder
- ¾ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal/split & skinned black gram
- 1 sprig of curry leaves – about 10-12 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp oil for the curry and 1 tbsp oil for sauting the mushrooms.
- 2 to 2.5 cups stock or water or both
- Salt as required
Methods
Boil the peas, strain and keep aside. Reserve the stock if using fresh peas.
heat 1 tbsp oil.
Saute mushrooms in the oil for 5-6 minutes and then keep aside in a different pan, add 2 tbsp oil, add the mustard seeds and let them crackle. Then add the cumin, fenugreek and urad dal.
Fry till they the oil becomes aromatic and the dal gets browned. Avoid over brown or burn the dal, do this tempering on a low or medium flame.
Add chopped onions. Fry the onions till light brown, add the ginger-garlic paste or crushed ginger-garlic.
Fry till the raw smell of the ginger-garlic goes away. Now add all the dry spice powders – coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder.
Stir and then add chopped tomatoes. Fry this whole mixture till oil starts to leave the sides. Add the cashew-coconut paste along with curry leaves.
Continue stirring for 2-3 minutes, add the stock which we reserved or add water about 2 to 2.5 cups. Let the curry come to a boil.
Add the mushrooms and peas. Add salt, stir and let the mushroom peas curry simmer for 5-6 minutes more.
Serve mushroom peas curry hot, garnished with some coriander leaves.
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