BADAMI MUSHROOM - MM

I love mushrooms and as i said in my earlier post we have it every week.I usually make a simple mushroom masala curry to go along with the chapathi .So sometimes i get bored of it and try to make variations in it.Here is one such dish.This time i made it a little rich by adding badam paste to it.This small addition made a huge difference in flavor.It was really delicious.So since the addition of badam made the dish tastier i named it Badami Mushroom.
This is my entry to this months MM-Bollywood cooking .

INGREDIENTS

Button mushroom - 20 nos

onion-1 medium size , diced

tomato-1 1/2 nos,diced

gin-gar paste - 1 tsp

cumin seed - 1 tsp

cinnamon stick - half a stick

cloves-3-4

turmeric pdr-1 tsp

green chillies - 2 nos, slit

red chilli pdr - 1 tsp

coriander pdr - 2 tsp

garam masala - 1 tsp

curry leaves-1 sprig

sliced badam(almonds) - 4 tbsp + 1 tbsp

sugar - 1/2 tsp

cardamom pdr - to garnish

coriander leaves - a bunch

salt to taste

ghee/oil

METHOD

Soak badam in water for abt 10 - 15 mins and grind it to a smooth paste.Keep it aside.Clean the mushrooms using a damp towel ,slice it and keep it aside.Heat ghee/oil in a pan.Add cumin seed,cinnamon stick and cloves.Ones you start getting the smell of the spices add onion and gin-gar paste.Add salt ,green chilies and turmeric.Saute well and when the onions get translucent add tomato, red chilli pdr,coriander pdr and garam masala.Saute all until the raw flavor of both onions and tomato goes.Then let it cool.Transfer the masala into a blender and grind it smoothly.Keep it aside.In another pan add some ghee.Ones it gets hot add the mushrooms.Saute mushrooms on a high heat till it gets brown.Do not add salt until the mushrooms are totally brown as salt will ooze out water and the mushrooms will just steam and not get brown.Ones its brown reduce the flame to medium and add the grinded masala and badam paste into the pan .Add salt and sugar. Let it simmer for 10-15 mins.Add the coriander leaves and stir it.Sprinkle with some cardamam pdr.Toast some sliced badam till lightly brown and garnish with it on top.Serve hot with jeera chapathi.

NOTE:- If you are using whole badam then soak it in hot water for half an hr or so and peel of the skin and then grind it.

Jeera chapathi's are nothing but an extra addition of cumin seeds to a wheat flour while kneading the dough.They give a nice flavor to the otherwise plain chapathi's.

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