Mushroom Kulambu ( Mushroom Cooked in Roasted Coconut and Whole Spices)

Ingrediants:

Mushroom-1 cup chopped

Onion-1 chopped

Tomato-2 chopped

Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn

Chilli powder-1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil-1 tblspn

For masala:

Coconut-1 cup

Curry leaves- a handful

Cinnamon / Pattai-1 inch piece

Fennel seeds / Sombu-1 tblspn

Method:

In a kadai add coconut,curry leaves,fennel seeds,cinnamon and roast till it gets golden colour..

Let this cool down and grind into a smooth paste..

Now in the same kadai add oil and heat it up..Throw in onion and mix well..

Add in coriander powder and chilli powder and mix well.

Add in tomatoes and mix well..Now throw in mushroom and cook it for 5 mins..

Add in the ground masala and mix well..Pour in enough water and mix well..

Bring this to boil and simmer for 10 mins until oil separates on top..

Serve with rice or roti..

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Start roasting coconut,curry leaves,cinnamon,fennel seeds..

Roast roast..

Take that in a blender

make into a fine paste

Now saute onions in the pan

add in salt..

and throw in the spice powders

along with tomatoes

add in mushroom

mix well

cook for 3 mins...

add in the masala paste

mix well

add in enough water...

Bring that to boil

Cover it and simmer

till oil separates from this..Hope you can see the oil droplets...

Serve...

Dip some fresh naan bread in this juice...