MUSHROOM MASALA

As winter started, mushroom is a sure item in our weekly menu...This week its mushroom masala...an easy and delicious dish..The last week CHILLY MUSHROOM become a great success  in my house..so thought to make mushroom masala this week. This is my all time recipe of mushroom...During early days of cooking, this was a regular one and was appreciated by some of my guest too...My son loves this and becomes sad when its get finished for lunch ( i used to make this in morning and give this with roti  for his school )..so if the quantity is less then i used to avoid taking it and keep for my kid...any way i knw every mom love to do that..:)..so think how tasty it is,,,try this guys...

INGREDIENTS:

MUSHROOM	250 GMS
ONION	2 BIG
GINGER GARLIC PASTE	1 TSP
GREEN CHILLIES	3 NOS
TOMATOES	2 NOS
CORIANDER  PWD	1 ½ TSP
TURMERIC PWD	¼ TSP
RED CHILLY PWD	½ TSP
CHICKEN MASALA	½ TSP
SALT	TO TASTE
CORIANDER LEAVES	A HANDFUL OF CHOPPED
OIL	1TBLSP

METHOD:

• In a non stick pan, heat the oil, add the chopped onion and saute until it gets softend

 

• Now add the ginger garlic paste , splitted green chillies and saute till the onion becomes light brown.
• Now add the chopped tomatoes and salt.
• Once the tomatoes gets smashed fully, add the coriander pwd, turmeric pwd , red chilli pwd and chicken masala to it and saute

• After few seconds add the mushrooms which are cut into four 
• Saute well so that the mushrooms gets covered up by the masalas

• Close the lid and keep the flame low ..Remember no need to add water and the mushroom leaves water...
• After 4-5 minutes, open the lid and saute the curry again and add the chopped coriander leaves and saute ....

•  If the consistency is enough switch off the flame.Othewise cook the curry with open lid ..then the water content will reduce..

ONION SAMOSA

Samosasss are every ones favourite. When its raining ....upss...thinking of samosas itself fills water in mouth.Today thought to make samosas..but it requires more time to make masalas for filling.This is an easy way to make, giving u the wonderful taste of samosas..Having it with a cup of tea or coffee is a wonderful....

Ingredients:

 FOR FILLINGS

ONION	2 MED ( FINELY CHOPPED)
AVAL	2 TBLSP
CORIANDER  LEAVES	A HANDFUL CHOPPED
CHAT MASALA	¼ TSP
GREEN CHILLIES	2-3 NOS
SALT	TO TASTE

 FOR SAMOSA COVERINGS

MAIDA	½ CUP
ATTA / WHEAT FLOUR	½ CUP
SALT	AS REQ
OIL	1 TSP
WATER	AS NEEDED

Method:

For Fillings:

• In a bowl add the finely chopped onion, aval, chopped coriander, chopped green chillies, chat masala,salt and mix well.

• Keep this aside.

For samosa covering:

• Mix the atta, maida, salt with required amount of water and make a smooth dough of it.

• Apply a tsp of oil and again knead the dough so that it becomes more softer. 
• By this time take a tsp of maida and add very little water to make a paste . ( for using as gum ) 

• Keep this aside
• Make the dough into 3 or 4 parts and spread it like we make for chappathies

 

• In a non stick tawa, put the chappathies for just 5 seconds and flip it to the other side
• Repeat this for each chappthies

• Take care that it should not be more than 5 seconds ( tht means should be flipped suddenly )
• Now cut the chappathies in length wise

• Take each piece and make a cone of it

•  Join the edges with the maida paste
• Fill the samosa covering with onion mixture and close the top part of the cone

• Once the oil for frying is heated up, add the samosas one by one

• Keep the samosas for few seconds only
• Remove it from the oil 

• Once all the samosas are done, again add the samsosas to oil one by one
• This will give more crispy samosas
• Have it with tea or coffee
  

NB:

• Aval is added to it so that will absorbs the moisture in the onion

• We can do this samosas with out aval also
• For kids replace chillies with red chilli pwd..