Mushrooms in peanut sesame gravy / Mushroom Salan
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 cups
 
Ingredients
  • To roast & grind:
  • • Peanuts –2 tbsp
  • • Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
  • • Coconut – 1 tbsp
  • • Fennel – 1 tsp
  • • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • • Red chilli – 2 broken
  • • Pepper balls – ½ tsp For gravy:
  • • Mushrooms – 10-12, sliced or chopped into 4
  • • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • • Fenugreek – 1 tsp
  • • Curry leaves – 6-8 leaves
  • • Green Chillies – 1, slit
  • • Hing - a pinch
  • • Onions – 1 large, sliced, 1 cup
  • • Tomatoes – ½ cup, chopped
  • • Salt – as needed
  • • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • • Ginger garlic paste – ½ tbsp. or finely chopped garlic – 5, ginger – 1 inch
  • • Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
  • • Coriander powder – ½ tbsp
  • • Mint – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • • Coriander – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • • Yogurt – 2 tbsp beaten
Instructions
  1. • Dry roasts the ingredients under “to roast & grind” in a medium flame without coconut. When the peanuts are roasted, add the coconut and blend them with little water into a fine paste.
  2. • Now add the oil in the pan and when the oil is hot, add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds.
  3. • Now add the curry leaves, onions, green chillies, ginger, garlic, hing and little salt. Cook the onions till they are golden brown, add tomatoes and turmeric, wait till they get sautéed well.
  4. • Add the blended mixture, red chilli powder, chopped mint, coriander and coriander powder to the mixture. Fry for two minute and add some water to it. Cook for 8-9 minutes in medium to low flame. Stir in between till the oil oozes out nicely.
  5. • add the mushrooms, beaten yogurt and simmer for another 8 minutes. When it oozes out oil again, mix well and garnish with coriander
Notes
1. Roast the peanuts in medium flame as it gets roasted quickly.
2. If you think, this might be spicy for you, cut down the red chillies when roasting.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/mushrooms-in-peanut-sesame-gravy-mushroom-salan/