Kerala Style Mushrooms
Authentic Indian kerala style mushrooms made the traditional way — no shortcuts, just proper home-cooked flavour.
Ingredients
- 2 tspn oil
- ½ inch of cinnamon stick
- 125 gm mushrooms
- 1 clove
- 75 gm onion (prepared weight)
- ¼ tspn hot chilli powder
- 1 tomato
- 1 tspn coriander seeds
- ½ tspn garlic
- ¼ tspn turmeric
- ½ tspn ginger
- ¼ tspn salt
- 4 tbspn coconut milk
Method
- 1
Chop the mushrooms into reasonably large pieces.
- 2
Crush the garlic.
- 3
Grate the ginger.
- 4
Make a paste with the garlic, ginger and a little oil using a pestle and mortar.
- 5
Chop the tomato.
- 6
Grind the coriander seeds to a powder in a pestle and mortar.
- 7
Heat the oil on a low to medium heat in a heavy pan or wok.
- 8
Add the cinnamon and clove and stir for .
- 9
Add the garlic and ginger paste and stir for a maximum .
- 10
Add the onions and fry, stirring, for .
- 11
Add the tomato, chilli powder, turmeric, powdered coriander and salt and stir.
- 12
Add the mushrooms and stir.
- 13
Add about 100 ml of water and simmer for adding a little water as needed to produce the required consistency.
- 14
Turn the heat to low, stir in the coconut milk and heat through for .
- 15
Remove the cinnamon and clove.
- 16
Serve with rice and garnish with fresh coriander.