A delicious side-dish to phulkas or rotis, this gravy also went well with rice ! What makes this dish extra special is that instead of using the store bought powder for the masala, i dry roasted the spices and roughly crushed them with mortar-pestle; It gave a rustic texture and an earthy taste to the dish !
You will agree that the addition of mushroom lends a certain exoticness to the everyday cooking !!



What Goes:-


For the Masala – (adjust the quantities as required)

  • Black Peppercorns – 1 tbsp
  • Cardamom – 2 to 3 pods
  • Mace – 1/2 tsp
  • Bay Leaves – 2
  • Cloves – 2 to 3
  • Fennel Seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon – a small piece
For the Gravy:-
  • Button Mushrooms – 150 gm
  • Cashewnuts – fistful – as required
  • Onion – 2 (large) – pureed
  • Garlic – 3 pods ( diced)
  • Tomato – 1 to 2 (chopped)
  • Green Chillis – 3 (slit diagonally) – to taste
  • Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp – to taste/optional
  • Oil – for frying cashews
  • Butter – 1 tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
How:_

The ingredients are assembled and put to work–



Dry roast the ingredients for the masala and roughly grind it using mortar pestle 


Wash the mushrooms well with hot water and keep them soaked so they don’t lose colour. Slice them if you want ! 


In a pan with hot oil, fry the cashewnuts till golden brown and set aside–


In a kadai add butter and as it heats up let the sliced garlic turn golden brown (the aroma wafting from the kitchen is heavenly). Now add the green chillis and pureed onions- sautee for some time !
Add the other spices for the gravy like red chilli powder, turmeric powder and the coriander powder. Blend the mix well. Now add the roughly crushed masala and stir fry till the rawness of the spices evaporates. Add little water if the mix becomes too dry !!


Now add the chopped tomatoes and cook well. Drop in the fried cashews and stir fry for a few minutes !



Just before adding the mushrooms add salt to taste. You can deep fry the mushrooms if you want before adding them to the gravy; it made the gravy a little richer (i did it because the oil from frying the cashews was still hot)

Mix well and garnish with coriander leaves

The cashew-mushroom masala is ready to be enjoyed with rotis or rice !

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20 Comments

  1. Anonymous February 20, 2011 at 7:12 am - Reply

    Lovely lovely dish… I can see how tasty it is….
    Reva

  2. Vimitha Durai February 20, 2011 at 7:43 am - Reply

    Yum yum yum…

  3. Suchitra Vaidyaram February 20, 2011 at 8:57 am - Reply

    looks fab! sumptuous dish priya

  4. kitchen queen February 20, 2011 at 9:22 am - Reply

    the dish looks very rich and creamy and temptingly delicious too.

  5. Akila February 20, 2011 at 10:57 am - Reply

    wow what a yummy mushroom gravy… love it…

    Dish Name Starts with F
    Learning-to-cook
    Regards,
    Akila

  6. Asiya Omar February 20, 2011 at 12:13 pm - Reply

    looks delicious.

  7. divya February 20, 2011 at 1:34 pm - Reply

    Awesome…Looks so tempting.,..Thanks for sharing

  8. Unknown February 20, 2011 at 3:01 pm - Reply

    bookmarked priya…lovely muhroom gravy.very apt for rotis

  9. Elaichii February 20, 2011 at 6:10 pm - Reply

    Awesome! Pass that plate to me please!

  10. Suja Manoj February 20, 2011 at 6:55 pm - Reply

    Looks fabulous,perfect mushroom masala.

  11. Priya Suresh February 20, 2011 at 8:14 pm - Reply

    Definitely a rich and delicious masala, inviting..

  12. Preety February 20, 2011 at 8:22 pm - Reply

    looks so mouthwatering

  13. Hamaree Rasoi February 21, 2011 at 1:50 am - Reply

    Hi Priya

    The masala looks so yummy and rich. Would love to indulge in it.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

  14. Anonymous February 21, 2011 at 2:30 am - Reply

    mushroom with cashew sounds great :)
    http://www.kankanasaxena.com

  15. Vidhya February 21, 2011 at 3:51 am - Reply

    Yes the masala looks so yum and rich as Deepa said.I have never had mushroom curry like this before so I am waiting to try it out soon.

  16. schmetterlingwords February 21, 2011 at 12:11 pm - Reply

    This gravy must be spicy, aromatic and yummy!! Mushrooms are my favourite and cashews are my DH's favourite. So, bookmarking this recipe :-)

  17. Jayanthy Kumaran February 21, 2011 at 12:55 pm - Reply

    This looks very delicious..And has such terrific flavours..
    Tasty appetite

  18. Padhu Sankar February 21, 2011 at 2:39 pm - Reply

    I love mushrooms .Looks delicious

  19. Sushma Mallya February 21, 2011 at 3:09 pm - Reply

    looks lovely and yummy!

  20. Kanchana Radhakrishnan February 21, 2011 at 4:01 pm - Reply

    looks yummy

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