Mushroom Gravy

Ingredients:-

Mushroom – ½ kg
Small onion – 10
Green chilies – 4
Curry leaves – few springs
Coriander leaves – to garnish
Salt – to taste

To Grind:-

Coconut – 4 tsp
Khus khus – ½ tsp
Fennel seeds – ½ tsp
Cloves – 3
Cinnamon stick – 1’ inch stick
Chicken masala – 4 tsp
Ginger, garlic paste – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Masala Paste

Method:-

Heat oil in a pan and add 4 onions and curry leaves, fry for few minutes. Grind all those ingredients, plus add the fried onions and curry leaves and make a fine paste by adding water. Keep these mixtures aside. Heat oil in a pan add remaining onion, green chilies and fry till onion turns into light golden brown. Then add mushroom, salt and fry for few minutes and then add the grounded paste and water, allow these mixtures to boil and forms into gravy. Finally garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or chappathi.

Note:-

Instead of chicken masala, you can add coriander powder and chili powder.

For Non- veg lovers you can add chicken instead of mushroom.

Channa Masala

Ingredients:-

Chick peas – 2 cups
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1
Green chilies – 2
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Channa masala – 3 tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Chili powder – ½ tsp (optional)
Salt – to taste
Cloves – 2 
Cinnamon – 1’ inch stick
Cardamom – 1

 Method:-

Cook the chick peas/ channa and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and once it is heated up add cloves, cinnamon and cardamom and then add onion, green chilies and fry for few minutes and then add turmeric powder and tomato. Fry the tomato till it turns into mushy and then add channa masala powder and add water, allow these mixtures to boil and then add salt (if necessary, because channa masala contains salt). Finally add chick peas and mix well with the gravy. If you need you can add lemon juice at last and serve hot with poori, chappathi.

Note:-

If you need spicier you can add chili powder.

You can avoid channa masala and add these ingredients and follow the same procedure. It gives the same taste:

To Grind:-

Coconut – 4 tsp
Khus khus – ½ tsp
Fennel seeds – ½ tsp
Cloves – 2
Cinnamon stick – 1’ inch stick
Chicken masala – 3 tsp (or) coriander powder – 2 tsp, chili powder – 1 tsp
Ginger, garlic paste – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Method:-

Grind the above ingredients by adding water and make a fine paste ( if you need you can add few chick peas and grind these ingredients). You can add these mixtures instead off channa masala.