Kadai Mushroom Gravy | Restaurant Style Mushroom Recipe

Kadai muhroom gravy is a nice aromatic, flavourful and very spicy gravy made using a special freshly ground kadai masala. As a spicy lover i always prefer to choose vegetable or mushroom kadai masala whenever we go out for dinner. I love my side dish to be spicy than sweet. This can be made either as a gravy or dry. Try this spicy kadai masala at your home and post your feedback.

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Kadai Mushroom Gravy

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish / Dinner

Prep Time: 15 mins | Cooking Time: 30 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Mushroom - 1/4 kg

Capsicum - 1

Onion - 1/2, cubed

Tomato - 1/2, cubed

Oil - 2 tblspn

To make a paste:

Onion - 2

Tomato - 2

Ginger - 1/2 inch piece

Garlic - 3

Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp, optional

Garam masala - 1/4 tsp, optional

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Cashews - 10

Salt - to taste

Oil - 1 tblspn

Water - 1 cup

Other ingredients:

Bay leaf - 1

Green chilli - 1

Ginger - 1/2 tsp, julienned

Coriander leaves - to garnish

For Kadai Masala:

Coriander seeds - 1.5 tblspn

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli - 3

Black pepper - 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece

Cloves - 2

Cardamom - 1

Method:

First dry roast the ingredients given for Kadai Masala. Grind it to a coarse powder.

Cut 1 onion, 1 tomato and capsicum into cubes. Roughly chop the other onion and tomato. Thinly slice mushrooms.

In a pan, drizzle little oil and sauté onion. Once onion is sautéed add ginger, garlic and cashews. Sauté for a minute.

Then, add tomato and sauté till it turns mushy. Add in chilli powder, garam masala(if adding), turmeric, salt and sauté for 30 seconds. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool down. Once cooled, blend well to a smooth paste.

Meanwhile, add a tablespoon of oil and sauté cubed onion, capsicum, mushroom and tomato. Sauté for a while and turn off the flame.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Peel the outer skin of mushroom

And remove the hairy part

Cut them into thin slices

In a pan, drizzle little oil and add the roughly chopped 1.5 onion,  ginger garlic and cashews

Saute till the onion become soft

Add the chopped 1.5 tomatoes

And salt to taste, this will also make the tomato to cook faster

When the tomato turns mushy, add in 1/2 teaspoon of  chilli powder

and little bit of turmeric is added

Add garam masala

Saute for a minute and switch off the flame. Let it cook for sometime

Cool this and take it in a mixer and grind it to a smooth paste

Keep the ingredients required for kadai masala ready

Dry roast the spices till a nice aroma comes

and grind it to a coarse powder

Cut the remaining half onion, capsicum into cube or into thin slices. Deseed the remaining half tomato and cut into cubes. Grate the ginger and slit the green chilli

Saute the onion, capsicum and tomato for a minute

Add in mushroom and saute for a minute

Transfer them into a bowl

Drizzle little oil in a pan, add in bay leaf

Add the ground onion tomato and cashew paste. Saute for a minute and then add the freshly ground kadai masala

Add water as required

Once it starts to boil, add the mushroom and vegetables

Once the mushroom gets cooked completely, add in grated ginger and slitted green chilli

Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve with chapati, jeera rice or any other main course of your choice!