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Über Recipe: Mushroom Curry

From Karthik On 16 October 2007 View Comments

A while ago when we were discussing a restaurant review, Sidhu, one of our regulars, was surprised at people’s aversion towards mushrooms. In fact he went on to say that his recipe had a great amount of success, specially with the fairer sex, who initially hated mushrooms.

So we did what we always do, asked him for his recipe and he very kindly obliged. We have pictures in case you prefer visuals, Thanks Sidhu.

And it had to pass the ÜD test. So we took to our lab, well my kitchen actually, and followed the instructions. In the words of my brother “You should start cooking regularly”.

Thanks Sidhu and if you have more Über Recipes feel free to send them our way.

Ingredients:

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The main ingredients you will need

Vertically sliced mushrooms
Seasoning (dals, coriander seeds/powder, cumin seeds, mustard seeds)
Jalapenos (4-5)
Tomatoes (1-2 Medium ones)
Onions (2-3)
Salt, Chilli powder, Masala / Curry powder
Oil
Ginger, Garlic
Cilantro leaves (optional)
Heavy whipping cream OR Coconut milk
Basil leaves (optional)

ÜD Note: The ingredients as you all know will vary depending on how many people plan on making it to the dinner, minus the ones who started emptying the old monk earlier in the evening.

Step 1: Heat oil in a kadai, add 4-5 red/green Jalapenos, ginger, garlic and seasoning. Add onions and fry till lightly brown.

ÜD Note: Being South India, I went with one habanero, and I have 5 words for all you haters “we are like that only”.

Step 2: Add washed and drained mushrooms, without any water in them.

ÜD Note: Even if they are pre-washed, make sure you wash them again. Please.

Step 3: Fry till Mushrooms shrink to less than their original size and color changes to dark brown (add very little water if necessary, to avoid burning).

Step 4: Add salt, chilli powder

ÜD Note: I skipped the chilli, because I already had enough pepper.

Step 5: Add finely chopped tomato and stir.

ÜD Note: In this case, I decided to add the tomatoes with the onions in step 1

Step 6: Add whipping cream, keep the flame for 5-8 more min on Medium.

Step 7: Add Masala

Step 8: Add Cilantro leaves (3-4 basil leaves if you have them, too many leaves give it a very strong smell).

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And you have some great Mushroom Curry.

I should try this with other vegetables. What do you guys think?

And do we have variations on this recipe? Anybody?

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  • This is SACRILEGE :)
  • After a lot of deliberation, we figured we could substitute Paneer for Mushroom. We could not come up with anything else, maybe it was because of all the beer in our system.
  • Got to try it myself sometime. Wonder if I can substitute some other vegetable for mushrooms.
  • Ps: I cooked this again, used Jalapeños and now my finger tips are burning. Apparently the Capsaicin in the peppers contribute to this.

    Capsaicin is also fat soluble, so you better have some butter / oil next to you. :)
  • bess
    it's alive!
  • Bess lives!!
  • bess
    I can't wait to make this.
    More uber recipes please.
  • Ash
    I tried out this recipe with coconut milk today. I added a few sprigs of mint and half a stalk of lemongrass. Turned out awesome!
  • muralimannered
    Good job Karthik. I would have mucked that one up properly. I still won't eat it, unless it's prepared by my grandmother.
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