Mushroom Masala
By Nithu on May 29, 2008 in Featured, Veggie Entrées & Sides

I have always wanted my gravy to taste like the one in restaurants. But I have never got that. Finally, with this mushroom masala, I got both the smell and taste as i want it to be. I got this mushroom recipe from my sister. She is a good cook and shares a lot of good recipes with me. I have not used tomatoes in this gravy. But for other dishes, you can follow the same method and just add the tomato puree to it so that you will get the desired taste for your gravy. You can also shred some cheese over it if you want a rich and delicious gravy.
Ingredients:
- Mushroom - 220 g
- Chopped onion - 2 cups
- Garlic cloves - 4
- Ginger - 1″
- Green chillies - 2
- Cashew nut paste - 3 tbsp
- Cardamom - 2
- Cloves - 2
- Bay leaf - 1
- Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp (adjust to taste)
- Garam masala - 3/4 tsp
- Curd - 3/4 cup
- Coriander leaves - a few
- Oil/Ghee/Butter - 2 tbsp
Method of Preparation:
- Soak cashew nuts in water for 15 mins
- Boil 2 cups of water and add onions
- When the onions become soft, add garlic and chopped ginger. Remove from heat and keep it aside till it gets back to the normal temperature
- Now drain them and grind to a fine paste along with cashew nut (after draining)
- Heat oil/ghee/butter in a pan and add ground cardamom and cloves followed by bay leaf and saute for 2 minutes
- Add the onion paste to it and saute for 3 minutes
- In between, add cut mushrooms to boiling water and leave it for 3 minutes
- Drain and keep it aside
- Now add the red chilly powder, garam masala, salt, green chillies to the onion paste and combine them well. Leave it for 2 minutes
- Simmer the heat and add curd to it and mix thoroughly
- Keep on stirring at low heat for a minute and then add the mushrooms
- Cook for 5 more minutes and remove from heat
- Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve hot with chappathis.
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Tags: gravies, side-dishes
Possibly my favorite vegan recipe is Chana Masala
I may need to try your’s
thanks
Lane
Lane
| May 30, 2008 | Reply
lovely!!mushroom is one of my fav..love anything made of this..looks good:)
ranji
| May 30, 2008 | Reply
Never made like gravy the mushroom , sounds interesting and delicious too
Cham
| May 30, 2008 | Reply
a nice recipe, I can substitute so many other veggies and paneer too…I also like that
*restaurant* taste a LOT! thanks for your version.
Trupti
| Jun 1, 2008 | Reply
hey nithu many more happy returns of the day……
Enjoy ur day..
Lothi
| Jun 13, 2008 | Reply
This sounds really good. I hate it when I can’t get that restaurant taste that I want but it’s wonderful when you finally get a recipe that works.
Maggie
| Jul 10, 2008 | Reply