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assisted “Button Mushrooms in Tomato Gravy”

Sunday morning and the decision to skip breakfast or probably combine it with lunch a.k.a brunch was made. Unlike the past, we did not venture into making any western / continental food but agreed to have Vegetable Pulao and Mushroom Gravy. While my wife managed to make the vegetable pulao before the littlest one started to freak out, I decided to help (??) her in making the mushroom gravy. The recipe is hers and I was just doing as she was asking me to do it. This mushroom gravy should go well with vegetable pulao, chapathi / roti, etc.

 

Just finished eating and here goes the recipe;

 

Ingredients
1 packet (250 gms) button mushrooms (of course, what else would you have expected for a mushroom gravy?)

1 1/2 medium tomatoes

1 teaspoon broken cashew nuts

1 inch ginger piece

2 medium sized onions

few curry leaves

1 pinch cumin seeds

1 pinch aniseeds

1 inch cinnamon stick

1 chilli powder, homemade by my mother, so substitute it with masala powder unless you know my mum to get the right mix

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

 

Preparation (20 minutes)

• Chop the onions and cut the button mushroom into 4 quarters each and set aside.
• Cut the tomatoes in to large pieces, add the ginger, preferably cut into half and add the cashew nuts and grind them in a food processer.
• Heat the oil and add the aniseeds, cumin seeds and cinnamon stick. After a couple of minutes, add the onion and curry leaves and keep stirring until onion turns into golden brown and then add the mushrooms. Keep stirring for a few minutes. Add the chilli / masala powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Add the tomato paste along with half a cup water and simmer it until well cooked, keep stirring if you feel really bored. Check the taste and add salt if required
• If the gravy is really hot / spicy, add a little, maybe a quarter cup of milk after the gravy is well cooked and removed from the stove.
• Note: Do not try to add the milk with the gravy in stove, ‘ve been told that it might get spoilt, not tried though