Mushroom biryani

I have already mentioned in my previous post that mushroom is not a very favourite veg of mine. However, overwhelmed by its nutritional constituencies, I convinced myself to try them.My husband now loves this dish.The recipe was shared thru' a messenger by my cousin. Thanks to her for sharing it with me.

Note: The ingredients below will result in hot and spicy biryani. If you wish it to be less spicy, reduce the number of green chillies and red chillies as per your requirement.

Ingredients:
Mushroom - about 10
Basmati rice
Peas
Cinnamon
Cloves
Saunf
Mint leaves
Onion
Tomato
Coriander leaves
Coconut - 2 or 3 pieces (optional)
Red Chillies-2 long
Green chillies-7 small
Garlic
Ginger
salt
Lemon juice - little

Simple and easy Mushroom fry recipe

Mushroom is not a very favourite veg of mine. However, I do believe in eating a variety of food so that you don't miss out on nutrients supplied by them. With this in mind, I recently bought a packet of mushrooms. Every website I read for a mushroom dish I saw them recommending not to wash mushroom with water since it absorbs water quickly. Instead, they ask it to be cleaned with a wet towel.But looking at the mushrooms in the packet I felt it better to eat clean and slightly less tasty mushrooms rather than unhygienic but tasty ones. So I washed the mushrooms well with water and squeezed them out. Don't forget to cut the edge of the stems (attached to the ground).The dish that follows is a simple one to make. Trust me I even went ahead and liked it. I was pleasantly surprised.Here's how I made it.

Ingredients:
Margarine/ Butter, Oil, Onion ( finely chopped) , Tomato (Finely chopped), Garlic ( ginger garlic paste could also be used), pepper powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala , salt , cloves , cinnamon, fennel seeds (saunf)- very few, green chillies (optional since chilli powder is being used)

How to make?

• Add a mixture of (Margarine/ butter ) and oil in a kadaai and heat
• Add cloves, cinnamon. Once they start to spurt, add the fennel seeds.( only few seeds else it will make the dish sweet)
• Add onion and saute.Add garlic. Saute till the onion turns transparent
• Add the squeezed mushroom and saute for 2 min
• Now add chopped tomato
• Add a pinch of turmeric powder, chilli powder,a little over a pinch of garam masala, pepper powder, salt to taste.Saute for 2 min. Add some water ( Control the amount depending on how thick you want the gravy to be). Use a lid to close the kadaai. Allow it to fry for 3 - 4 min
• Remove the kadaai from the stove and garnish the dish with coriander leaves and fried cashews if u like it

You could also add 2-3 drops of lemon juice to bring out the sour taste in the dish.Goes well with chapathi.

Simple as I promised :)