Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Mushroom and Peas Gravy in Chettinad Style



Hi Friends, 

                   I found this recipe in a book without the measurements of the ingredients, so you can increase or decrease the amount of ingredients according to your taste...

Ingredients:

  • Mushroom - 1 cup
  • Green Peas - 1/4 cup
  • Onion - 2 no
  • Tomato - 1 big
  • Curry leaves - few nos
  • Coconut paste - 1 tblspn
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn
  • Tamarind juice - 1 to 2 tblspn
  • Salt - to taste
  • Oil - 3 to 4 tblspn

To roast and grind:

  • Cinnamon stick - 1 no ( 1 inch )
  • Cloves - 3 nos
  • Star anise - 1 no
  • Marati moggu ( dried kapok buds ) - 1 no
  • Kal pasi - 1/4 tspn
  • Raw rice - 1 tblspn
  • Coriander seeds - 1 tspn
  • Ginger - 1 inch
  • Garlic - 5 pods
  • Dried red chilly - 3 nos
  • Tamarind - a small pinch
  • Coconut grating - 2 tspn
  • Sombu - 1 tspn
  • Jeera - 1 tspn
  • Pepper - 1/4 tspn
  • Curry leaves - few nos

Method:

  • In 1 tspn of oil roast and grind the ingredients given under " To roast and grind"
  • Wash thoroughly  and cut the mushroom and keep it aside
  • Heat 3 tblspn of oil in a kadai, add chopped onion, curry leaves and saute it till onion turns pink
  • Then add ginger garlic paste , saute till raw smell goes. Now add chopped tomato and little bit salt
  • Keep in low flame till tomato cooks , then add grinded masala and saute for few seconds
  • Add turmeric powder, water ( depends on mushroom and peas quantity ) salt, mushroom and peas
  • Keep in low flame till it cooks, then add tamarind juice ( inbetween if the gravy thickened add water )
  • 2 minutes later add coconut paste and check for salt and if need add water
  • Switch off the stove after 3 to 5 minutes 
  • Serve the tasty mushroom and peas gravy along with plain rice with fried appalam or vadams

Note:
If you are using dried peas instead of fresh peas cook it till it becomes soft and add along with tamarind juice

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