Scan my recipe archive, and you will see for yourself that I am certainly a mushroom fan. A mushroom sauce of any kind has been a comfort food since I was young. And these days, comfort foods rate high on my list. This is a Nepalese dish, with slightly different seasonings to the Southern Indian dishes I usually cook, and I have fallen in love with the results. After tinkering with it these past weeks, it is finally ready to share. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Ingredients
- 2 pkg of organic mushrooms, wiped clean and thickly sliced
- Sunflower or coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon nigella Seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ tea Nepalese pepper (Timur) or red pepper flakes
- 1 medium onion, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger
- 1-4 garlic cloves (according to taste)
- 2 large roughly chopped tomatoes
- 1-2 serrano peppers or green chilis (according to taste)
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- Salt (according to taste)
- 1 can full-fat organic coconut milk
Directions
- Heat oil in a large heavy skillet and toast cumin, fenugreek, nigella and mustard seeds until they pop and are fragrant.
- Add onion to spices and cook until softened.
- Add mushrooms, stirring well to coat with seasoning and saute until light brown. Turn off heat and set aside.
- Add tomatoes, chilis, turmeric, cumin and coriander powders, ginger and garlic to a blender, processing well to make a paste.
- Mix tomato and seasoning paste with mushrooms over medium heat, stirring well.
- Pour in coconut milk, bringing to a gentle simmering boil. Then cover and reduce heat, cooking for 10 minutes to blend flavors.
- Test seasonings, adding salt adjusting to taste.
- Serve with steamed rice.
Enjoy!