Mushroom Mutter Masala

Ingredients :

Mushroom  2 cups (chopped)
Green Peas  1/2 cup (Mutter)
Green chilly 3 (slit)
Onion    1/4 cup chopped
Curry leaves  8
Cilantro few sprigs
Oil   1 tbsp

Ingredients for Masala :

Pea nuts 2 tbsp (roasted)
Cashew nuts  6
Tomato 1 (cut into 4 pieces)
Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Coriander Powder 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek & cumin seeds powder 2 pinches
Garlic pods 6
clove 1
Cardamom 1
Cinnamon 1/4 inch (very little for good flavour)
Sugar 1 pinch
Salt as per taste

Preparation :

Cut mushroom into medium size pieces.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a vessel and fry chopped onion, curry leaves  for a couple of Min's.
Grind all masala ingredients with fried onion and curry leaves by adding 1/2 cup water
in to fine paste(neither too tight nor too watery)

Heat oil in the same vessel, add green peas and slit green chilly let it done for a min then
add masala paste to it and stir continuously till it leaves raw smell (2-3 Min's) on low-med flame.

Then stir in chopped mushroom, mix it well, cover it with lid and cook on low-med flame for
15-20 Min's, till it leaves oil. then switch off the flame and garnish with cilantro.

It make 2-3 servings.

It goes well with butter-non, chapati etc

It takes 45-50 Min's to prepare.

Note : 1/4 tsp tamarind pulp can be added depending on your taste.