Oats Chivda

Mushroom soup Indian style

Sauted palak tamater Veg

Kashmiri Kehwa

Herbal Tea

Fresh garam masala

Ingredients

• Cloves 4-5
• Coriander seeds (3tsb)
• Bay leaf - Tej patta (3-4)
• Black Cardamom (3-4)
• Green Cardamom (5-6)
• Cumin Seeds (2-3tsb)
• Thymol seed - Ajwai (1 tsb)
• Cinnamon - 1 big stick 

Method

1. Mildly roast all the spices in a pan
2. Once spices are roasted , grind finely \ coarsely and store in air tight container

Tip

• Store in airtight container to retain aroma
• At a time try making just a weekly or fortnightly supply , this will give your food very fresh aroma
• Below masala is enough for me for a week , in case you want to more supply , adjust the quantity proportionately
• You can add following additional spices too to make it more aromatic
• Mace  - Jaivitri (4-5)
• Nutmeg Jaifhal (1)
• Mustard seeds - (1tsb)
• Fennel seeds - (1tsb)
• Black pepper corns - (4-5 corns)

Quick Mushroom curry

Ingredients

• One packet mushroom
• Red chilly powder (1/2 tsb)
• Turmeric powder (1/2tbs)
• Garam masala \ chicken masala powder (1/2tsb)
• One medium sized onion
• 3-4 garlic cloves
• Grated ginger (1/2tsb)
• asafetida (pinch)
• Salt
• Oil
• 1 green chilly

Method

1. Clean and chop mushrooms
2. In a pan heat one tsb oil , to that add pinch of asafetida and mushrooms , add salt to taste
3. Finely chop onion and ginger
4. Cook mushrooms till all the water dries up and mushrooms start looking as in photo no 5
5. Ensure all the water is absorbed and mushrooms change color , remove them to a bowl
6. In same pan add 1/2 tsb oil , to that add grated onion ginger and garlic, saute till it gets cooked
7. Add mushrooms , add red chilly powder , tumeric powder , chicken masala , 1 green chilly, adjust salt, add 1/4th cup of water and let it cook till water gets absorbed
8. Serve with paratha\roti\rice

Variant

• This is simplest prep you can add boiled peas  to sauteed onion paste and let peas cook for 5-10 min before adding mushroom - (mutter mushroom curry)

Health Tip

• If you make the simple mushroom sauteed preparation and just add minimal spices you can have it for dinner with salads with out roti , it tastes good
• To the stage in photo 5 add some water , boil it and have it like soup . for this prep you should chop mushrooms very finely