Sunday, January 23, 2011

Mushroom Chettinad



Chettinad cuisine is one of the popular cuisines of Tamilnadu.

This recipe is adapted from Indobase website.I made some changes according to my taste.

Ingredients:

Button Mushroom - 2 lbs.Wipe the mushrooms with a wet paper towel.Cut the stalks and quarter the mushrooms.

Onion - 1 medium,chopped finely.

Tomato - 1 chopped

Tamarind paste - 1tsp

Mustard seeds - 2tsp

Curry leaves - a sprig

Turmeric powder - 1tsp

Dry red chillies - 2

Oil - 2tbsp

Salt to taste

Water - 1/2 cup

For the spice powder :

Channa Dal/Split Bengal Gram Dal - 1Tbsp

Whole Black pepper - 1Tbsp

Garam Masala - 1tsp

Dry roast the Dal and pepper and grind with garam masala into a fine powder.

Method:

Heat the oil in a pan.When hot add the mustard seeds.When they splutter,add the dry red chillies and curry leaves.

Then add the mushrooms,turmeric powder.

Saute till the mushrooms start to sweat.Close the lid and cook for about 5 minutes.

Then add the tamarind paste along with a half a cup of water and allow to boil for 5 minutes.

Add the required amount of salt.

Finally add the spice powder,mix and cook for 2 minutes.

Serve with roti or rice.

17 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Slurp,irresistible mushroom masala,soo inviting..

Aruna Manikandan said...

looks very tempting dear....
Thx. for sharing :)

Umm Mymoonah said...

Looks very yummy, I just love this chettinad flavour.

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Creamy and yummy
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Vani said...

This looks really good!

Ila said...

Yummy mushrooms... tempting :)

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Nice spicy mushroom preparation....

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Suja Manoj said...

Spicy and Delicious mushroom..drooling.

Suji said...

Delectable chettinad mushrooms, i am a big fan of chettinad curries...

aipi said...

awesome spice combo..a must try recipe!

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Daisy Roshan said...

aha.....nice and spicy mushroom curry....

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

hmmm..can u send me some over for lunch..feeling hungry now:) looks mouth-watering..

Rekha shoban said...

yummy and looks spicy curry!!perfect with rice~!

Sharmi said...

I have never added tamarind to mushroom, have to try!looks nice.

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

wow...sounds scrumptious with inviting click Ramya..
Tasty appetite

Reva said...

This looks lovely...I love both chettinad dishes and mushrooms ...so this dish is simply superb... First time here and wonderful space that U have... Keep rocking..will be a regular here...
Reva

Anonymous said...

What should be done with onion tomato �� no mention of that.