Kadai Mushroom Masala

Mushrooms are my favorite in vegetarian.There are many recipes with mushroom like Mushroom biryani,Mushroom 65,Mutter Mushroom,Stuffed Mushroom etc.. Today i am going to share kadai Mushrom Masala.Kadai is a deep cooking Indian wok. This recipe gets cooked in the kadai with some freshly made masala hence the name Kadai Mushroom Masala.Lets see how can we prepare this..

SERVES: 5,  PREPARATION TIME: 35 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:

Mushrooms slices- 500grams
Tomatoes chopped - 3 Big
Onion slices - 1 Big
Capsicum cubes - 1Big
Coriander Powder - 1Tea Spoon
Chilly Powder - 1/2 Table Spoon
Oil - 2 1/2 Table Spoon
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tea Spoon
Turmeric - 1/4 Tea Spoon
Salt - As Required
Water - 1/2 Cup
Kasuri Methi - 1/2 Tea Spoon

Masala Ingredients:

Medium Red Chillies - 2
Cardamom Pods - 2
Clove - 3
Cinnamon - Small Piece
Black Pepper Cons - 1/4 Tea Spoon
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 Tea Spoon

METHOD:

• Dry roast all the masala ingredients and put it in the blender to make a fine powder( i like it to be slightly coarse).

• Take a Kadai put 1/2 Table spoon oil in it and let it get hot.Now add Onion slices to it and let it get fried.

• After onions get fried add chopped Tomatoes allow tomatoes to cook completely.

• Let the onion tomato mixture cool down and then blend them to smooth paste.

• Take the same Kadai put 2 Table spoon oil into it and let it get hot on a medium flame.

• Add big cubes of capsicum and onions(optional) and saute it for a minute then add ginger garlic paste and turmeric to it.

• Add onion tomato paste to it, stir it then add red chilli powder, salt, coriander powder and 3/4 th of freshly made masala powder.

• Mix everything and allow it to cook for 5 minutes by adding 1/2 cup water to it.

• Now add cleaned and chopped mushroom pieces to it and again cook it by closing the lid for 10 minutes or until oil oozes out.(if required u can add little water)

• Fry kasuri methi and crush it to fine powder and add it to the gravy.

• Lastly add the remaining masala powder and mix it.

• Kadai Mushroom Masala is ready!! serve it hot with Roti, Phulka aur Naan.